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HMS Cornwall (F99)

HMS Cornwall

UK Royal Navy

1988-2011

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Type 22 (Batch 3) Cornwall class

FF · Frigate

MMSI:234583000
Flight Deck:CW
Call Sign:GDLU
Shipyard:Yarrow

Timeline

DateEvent
Dec 14, 1983 Laid down
Oct 14, 1985 Launched aka the Fighting Ice Cream or the Fighting 99
Apr 23, 1988 Commissioned in Falmouth
Apr 1990 Aircraft allocated Lynx HAS.3S XZ237/412-CW for Ships Flt until c Dec 1990
Jun 22, 1990 Port Visit 22+23 June participated with Fleet Days Den Helder Netherlands. On board Lynx HAS.3 XZ237.
Dec 1990 Aircraft allocated Lynx HAS.3 XZ234/412-CW for Ships Flt until c Apr 1991
Jul 1991 Aircraft allocated Sea King HAS.6 XZ571/136 of 826 NAS for Ships Flt until c Jun 1992
1992 Deployment West Indies Guardship (exact dates uncertain)
Jul 1992 Aircraft allocated Sea King HAS.6 XV696/132 of 826 NAS B Flt, for Ships Flt until c Dec 1992
Jan 1993 Aircraft allocated Lynx HAS.3S ZD259/412-CW for Ships Flt until c Apr 1993
Apr 1993 Aircraft allocated Lynx HAS.3GMS ZD255/412-CW for Ships Flt until c Mar 1995
May 29, 1993 Port Visit Cruise Terminal Led Battle of the Atlantic 50th Anniversary commemorations. Battle of the Atlantic 50th
Oct 1994 Deployment Deployment to Arabian Gulf with HMS Cardiff, as part of US Operation Vigilant Warrior in support of Kuwait.
1995 Refit HMD Devonport RP1 refit at Devonport (exact dates uncertain)
Feb 1996 Aircraft allocated 810 Sq Sea King HAS.6 XV660/511-CW as Ships Flt until c May 1997
Jul 26, 1996 Port Visit RU St Petersburg Port 5 day visit to St Petersburg, departed 30 Jul. Russian Navy 300th anniversary
Jun 1997 Aircraft allocated Lynx HMA.8 ZD566/412-CW for Ships Flt until Dec 1997
Feb 16, 1998 Deployment departed HMNB Devonport on Atlantic and West Africa maritime security deployment with Sea King of 810 NAS embarked. Returned to UK Aug 1998.
Feb 19, 1998 Deployment SL Freetown Port Ordered to make for Sierra Leone for humanitarian support. Relieved HMS Monmouth on station, on 23 Feb. Ships Flt Sea King instrumental in airlifting medical supplies and food to island communities on Bo, Kenema and Makeni. Continued on original deployment on 20 Mar. Freetown and Islands Operation Resilient
2000 Deployment Departed Plymouth for NTG 2000 deployment ( old ocean wave) first stop Gib then on to Haifa, Oman, Singapore, Manila, Tokyo, Pusan, Shanghai, Vladivostok across the international date line to Honolulu, San Diego, Venezuela then across the Atlantic home to Plymouth
Jul 3, 2000 Deployment FF2000 Participated in FF2000 Exercise Flying Fish 2000
Jun 2001 Aircraft assigned 810NAS B Flt Sea King HAS.6 XV711/515-CW as Ships Flt until c Mar 2002
May 2002 Aircraft embarked Sea King as Ships Flt ZA169/515-CW from 771 NAS B Flt until c Oct 2002.
Jan 16, 2003 Deployment departed UK with a Lynx HAS.3 and a Lynx HMA.8 embarked, for Gibraltar arriving 19 Jan. Later relieved by HMS Westminster.
Jun 3, 2003 Port Visit MT Grand Harbour / il-Port il-Kbir / Valletta for visit to Grand Harbour, Malta.
Oct 2005 Aircraft allocated Lynx HMA.8 XZ725/412-CW for Ships Flt until damaged in Feb 2006. For repair.
May 29, 2006 Aircraft 815 NAS Cornwall Flt Lynx HMA.8 embarked is XZ725/412-CW
Aug 2006 Aircraft allocated Lynx HMA.8 ZD261/437 (on short term loan) for Ships Flt, until c Oct 2006
Nov 2006 Aircraft allocated Lynx HAS.3S XZ692 (on short term loan) for Ships Flt, until c Dec 2006
Dec 2006 Aircraft return of Lynx HMA.8 XZ725/412-CW for Ships Flt until c Jun 2007
Jan 22, 2007 Deployment northern Persian Gulf left HMNB Devonport for 8 month deployment, supported by RFA Fort Austin, to the northern Persian Gulf as part of CTF 158 (relieved by HMS Richmond on 17 Jul), returning on 26 Aug 2007. CTF 158 Operation Telic
Feb 2007 Port Visit MT Grand Harbour / il-Port il-Kbir / Valletta visited Valletta, Malta
Mar 23, 2007 Deployment IQ Shatt al-Arab platforms 15 of the Ships Company detained by The Islamic Republic of Iran in an alleged violation of territorial waters dispute near the mouth of Shatt al-Arab. Released 5 Apr. Dispute
May 2008 Aircraft allocated Lynx HMA.8 XZ689/338 for Ships Flt until c Jun 2008 (on loan from Campbeltown Flt).
Sep 23, 2008 Port Visit DE Hamburg Port 4 day visit to Hamburg, departed 26 Sep.
Oct 4, 2008 Deployment North Western Approaches participated in bi-annual multi-national exercise off Scottish coast, until 17 Oct Exercise Joint Warrior 08-2
Dec 2008 Aircraft allocated Lynx HMA.8 ZD258/412-CW for Ships Flt, until c Dec 2009
Apr 28, 2009 Deployment 8 month counter-piracy deployment via Mediterranean to Gulf of Aden, Arabian Gulf and off Somalia as flagship of Standing NATO Maritime Group 2, returning to Devonport on 10 Dec 2009.
Aug 11, 2009 Aircraft hosted a Chinese PLAN delegation aboard, in the Gulf of Aden to discuss counter-piracy operations. Delegation visited in Harbin Z-9 9636 from PLANS Zhoushan. SNMG2 / CTF508
Feb 2010 Aircraft allocated Lynx HMA.8 ZF560/412-CW for Ships Flt, until c May 2010
Apr 24, 2010 Port Visit 5 day visit to Falmouth, with Ship Open to Visitors on 25 Apr.
Jul 23, 2010 Port Visit 4 day visit to Fowey, with Ship Open to Visitors on 24 and 25 Jul, departed 26 Jul.
Oct 28, 2010 Deployment Departed HMNB Devonport for the Indian Ocean, Gulf of Aden and the Horn of Africa on a 6 month anti-piracy and maritime security mission as Command Ship for Combined Task Force 151. Combined Task Force 151
Apr 25, 2011 Port Visit Visited Falmouth for final time before decommissioning.
Apr 26, 2011 Port Visit Returned to Devonport for final time, prior to decommissioning.
Jun 30, 2011 Decommissioned at HMNB Devonport, in advance of her planned out of service date, following the Oct 2010 Defence Review. In 2004, planned decommissioning date had been 2015.
Jul 13, 2011 Ships company marched through Truro in a Freedom of the Duchy of Cornwall ceremony
Oct 25, 2011 Ship s Bell handed over to Truro Cathedral.
Feb 15, 2012 ships hull towed from Devonport to Portsmouth Harbour, arriving 16 Feb, to be stripped before sale or scrapping
Apr 2013 Fareham Creek by Apr 2013 was laid up in Fareham Creek
Jul 27, 2013 sold for scrap to Swansea Drydock Ltd
Oct 24, 2013 Fate: scrapped Queens Dock departed Portsmouth under tow on 24 Oct, for Swansea to be scrapped, arrived Swansea 30 Oct. Interior strip out complete and moved to dry dock for dismantling 21 May 2014. Breakers Yard