HMS Cumberland (F85)

1989-2011

IMO:	4907127
MMSI:	234587000
Flight Deck:	CL
Call Sign:	GAAP
Shipyard:	Yarrow

Timeline

Date	Event
Oct 12, 1984	Laid down	Yard No 1032
Jun 21, 1986	Launched	was also known as The Fighting Sausage.
May 1989	Aircraft	829 Sq Lynx HAS.2 XZ256 assigned as Coventry Flt/350-CL, until c Dec 1991
Jun 10, 1989	Commissioned
Apr 18, 1990	Deployment	departed Portsmouth for western North Atlantic deployment as part of TG 318.1, escorting HMS Ark Royal (flagship), HMS Glasgow and HMS Brave, supported by RFA Fort Grange and RFA Olna. Returned to HMNB Portsmouth on 28 Jun. Task Group 318.1
Oct 1990	Deployment	departed HMNB Devonport for South Atlantic deployment, relieving HMS Danae.
Dec 22, 1990	Deployment	She sailed to South Georgia just before Christmas arriving at Grytviken on 22 December. She sailed along the coast of South Georgia and returned to Grytviken on Christmas Eve. On Christmas Day she hosted the soldiers of the South Georgia garrison aboard for Christmas Day lunch of venison. The stag had been shot the day before by a sniper from the garrison; part of the garrison s duties being to control the deer population on the Island.
1993	Deployment	spent some of 1993 as West Indies Guardship
Sep 15, 1998	Deployment	stood by off Albanian coast to support British nationals, until relieved by HMS London on 22 Sep. Operation Swanston
Mar 1999	Aircraft	on board Lynx XZ721
Aug 8, 2005	Deployment	Departed HMNB Devonport for a 4 month disaster relief and anti-drug Caribbean deployment.
Mar 15, 2008	Port Visit	Spiller's Wharf visited Tyneside, tied up alongside Spillar Wharf in Newcastle
May 24, 2009	Deployment	left HMNB Devonport with 815 Sq 210 Flight Lynx ZD259 embarked, for a 7 month deployment to the Arabian Gulf on anti-piracy and asset protection mission, returning on 1 Dec 2009.
Dec 2009	Refit	Updates to weapons systems and communications suite by Babcock at HMD Devonport.
Sep 30, 2010	Deployment	departed HMNB Devonport for five and a half month (planned) maritime security and anti-piracy deployment in Arabian Gulf and Indian Ocean,returning on 16 Apr 2011.
Oct 31, 2010	Deployment	relieved HMS Somerset as the duty frigate in the Arabian Gulf
Dec 26, 2010	Deployment	escorted FNS Charles de Gaulle carrier group through the Straits of Hormuz
Feb 2011	Deployment	relieved as Op Telic on-watch frigate by HMS Iron Duke in mid Feb 2011.
Feb 23, 2011	Deployment	Benghazi departed Souda Bay and ordered to Benghazi, Libya to evacuate over 200 souls to Grand Harbour, Malta, arriving on 26 Feb 2011, prior to commencement of Operation Unified Protector Operation Deference
Mar 3, 2011	Port Visit	visited Merseyside for the last time before decommissioning, departed 7 Mar.
Apr 16, 2011	Port Visit	Returned to HMNB Devonport for final time, prior to decommissioning.
Jun 23, 2011	Decommissioned	The Fighting Sausage decommissioned at HMNB Devonport, in advance of her out of service date, following the Oct 2010 Defence Review. In 2004, planned decommissioning date had been 2017.
Feb 16, 2012		ships hull towed from Devonport to Portsmouth Harbour, arriving 17 Feb, to be stripped before sale or scrapping
Apr 2013		Fareham Creek by Apr 2013 was laid up in Fareham Creek
Jul 27, 2013	Fate: scrapped	Aliaga sold for scrap to Layal, Turkey and departed from Portsmouth on 4 Nov 2013, under tow and arrived Aliaga on 14 Nov. The last Type 22 frigate had been recycled/dismantled by 7 Apr 2014. Shipbreakers

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