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Timeline
What
event took place during your time onboard email me with a
write up so I can include it in the 'Timeline' It doesn't
matter if the event is already covered you can still give
your version
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1910 |
Laid Down |
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1912 |
Completed |
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1914 |
China Station.
Markomannia, sunk
by HMS Yarmouth off Sumatra.
Involved in hunt for SMS Emden.
October Captured
German collier and captured another
December 2nd Light
Cruiser Squadron Grand Fleet |
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1915 |
February 3rd Light
Cruiser Squadron Grand Fleet. |
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1916 |
31 May-1 June Battle
of Jutland |
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1926 |
Sold For Scrap |
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1957 |
Laid Down 29th
November at John Brown & Co Ltd, Clydebank |
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1959 |
Built John Brown's
Shipyard, Glasgow 23rd March Launched. |
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1960 |
Fri March 26th Ship
Commissioned John Brown's Shipyard. The ship sailed through
a typhoon in the China Sea where a number of American ships
were lost and some of our own ships were
damaged, particularly the carriers On our immediate
arrival in Hong Kong Naval Architects came onboard and found
several large cracks where the upper deck joined with the
bridge superstructure, just aft of the turret. These
defects were quickly welded up. Visit Colombo, Ceylon and
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1961 |
Exercise Pony Express
held in the South China Seas, May/June
We steamed up to
the "Gulf" in June 61' when we were on our way to visit
Australia from Japan.
Iraq was going to
cross the border into Kuwait. At that time Kuwait was
under British protection. The Iraqis backed off. We were
there for about 2.5 months. It was nice and warm as
those on board will remember. No Air-conditioning then,
unless you were on the bridge, in the wardroom, or the
officers cabins.
Commander "E"
decided to hold a "Nuclear" war exercise, so after
sweating it out for 2.5 months we were all shut down for
a day. No fans, water tight doors shut, all at action
stations.
After the all
clear, "Phew" made it!! we made our way to Mombassa. On
the way I was invited down to the DO'S cabin, mercy!!
Lt.: Phillips from memory I can remember the visit
quite clearly. There he was sat down with his greatcoat
on as the Air-conditioning was at + 18c where I was at +
35c with my boiler suit on (after coming off watch) he
asked me if I wanted to sign on.
I didn't take up
the offer.
Best regards,
Peter Brown.
Buster. Yarmouth 1960-62.
June, Japan, August
Mombassa 11th Dec arrive home |
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1962 |
Dec 61 - July 62 Refit
Devonport
Visit Gt. Yarmouth,
OA Wozencroft died in accident on 4.5in gun.
July 1962 until
April 1966 she was the leader of the 20th Frigate Squadron
working out of Londonderry.
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1963 |
Went to the aid of the
Trawler the "Royal Marine" on fire at sea, ships co awarded
salvage money. |
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1964 |
Londonderry Squadron
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1965 |
13 July - at periscope
depth 10 miles SE of Portland Bill collided with Sub Tiptoe |
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1966 |
May to September 1968
the ship went into refit in Portsmouth to be modernised with
a flight deck to take a Wasp helicopter. |
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1967 |
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1968 |
Re commissioned on the
1st October
15 Nov Wasp ,
ditched in Lyme Bay
Beira Patrol
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1969 |
Feb...Apr..Gibraltar
Guard ship just days after Franco closed Border
with Spain. High period of Tension. Provided transport for
departing Governor ... Royal Anglian Regiment lined streets,
Two RAF Hunters flew overhead and Gib's guns went pop.
Border was closed for some thirteen years
April Visit to Great
Yarmouth Jun to Sep Double dose of Beira Patrol as Cathedral
Class relief dropped a screw. 113 days at sea. Mombasa then
40 plus after part of the 1st Destroyer Squadron
November. Australia... Salt Water somehow appeared in
boilers and kept us away from exercises and a longer stay in
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1970 |
Apr 13 ...Back on Beira
with Rothsay... RESCUE back Stop for APOLLO 13 MOON
shot...ONLY RN ships involved in Inter planetary space
program.
June/July Cowes Week
Guard ship
November 9th provided
assistance to Ark Royal after she collided with a Russian
Destroyer |
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1971 |
February Portsmouth and
Newcastle
Sunderland
Madeira
Refit Rosyth Ship
becomes Rosyth based
HMS Yarmouth boat crew was the first General Service ship to
wear berets |
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1972 |
Portland Workup |
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1973 |
Guard Ship in Gibraltar
during February
Avon
mouth docks, Bristol (Summer) (John Bryant) I left the duck
for release in Jan 72. the duck came into Avon mouth docks,
Bristol in the summer of 73,I met her as she came in and was
invited onboard by the captains leading steward, names gone,
he came from Preston Lancs. in MQs in Chatham. any road I
went down my old messdeck 3E gunners mess, I was well looked
after by old and new shipmates, TASO heard I was onboard and
came down the mess, we cracked a few cans. The duck had a
ships dance at the Mecca in Bristol that night and TASO
invited me and an oppo.It was a great night.
Oct/November Cod
War, Ship hit by massive wave causing damage to upper deck. |
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1974 |
Visit Gt. Yarmouth
August 1974 to May
1975 Refit Rosyth |
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1975 |
On 17th July crashed
into the jetty at Pompey.
limp back to
Rosyth for repairs
Portland doing
post refit work-up (BOST ?) when one of the boilers
failed.
We limped back
to Rosyth again only to find that on arrival, the
boilermakers had been rushed over to Faslane to
carry out emergency repairs on a Leander frigate
that had been badly damaged during a tour of duty in
the seas around Iceland.
We were
ordered to make our way from Rosyth to Faslane (over
the top). The weather / seas were awful and by the
time we finally got to Faslane the boilermakers had
all gone back to Rosyth. Our skipper refused to go
back over the top and we were eventually diverted to
Birkenhead.
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1976 |
18th Feb - 2nd March
Icelandic Patrol
February 24th collided
with the Icelandic Gunboat Thor
February 28th
collided with the gunboat Baldur.
26 Aug Wasp crashed
into Firth of Forth during a families day |
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1977 |
JUNE 28 1977 SILVER
JUBILEE SPITHEAD REVIEW SAW US ON FISH PATROL IN NORTH
SEA BUT PROMISED THE HONOUR OF ROYAL ESCORT FOR THE
QUEEN IN HMY BRITANNIA ON HER EAST COAST VISITS.
ANCHORED IN THE WASH, PAINT SHIP MEET HM IN IPSWICH.
FORY NOT BEST PLEASED WITH OUR APPEARANCE, OUT PAINT
BRUSHES.
NEXT CALL HULL
WHERE WE MANAGED TO LOSE LUBE OIL WITH NO MORE ONBOARD,
URGENT CALL TO POMPEY TO RUSH BY ROAD TO US. RUMOUR HAS
IT THAT IT WAS ON THE HUMBER BRIDGE WHEN A RELIEVED FORY
CALLED IN A REPLACEMENT FOR US, EURYLAS I BELIEVE AND WE
WENT BACK TO FISH PROTECTION AS A TOTAL HERRING BAN HAD
JUST COME. THIS WAS THE DUTCH ARREST ON JULY 2. SO ENDED
OUR VERY BRIEF ROYAL CONNECTION.
THE COMMANDING
OFFICER FOR THE AMOCO CADIZ DISASTER WAS COMMANDER
ALGERNON FITZROY-STEWART AND HE TOOK CONTROL DESPITE THE
FRENCH SHIP BEING SENIOR AS HE OWNED THE HELICOPTER!
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1977 |
Lisbon, Gibraltar, Naples and Mombassa
July
2nd ANOTHER Dutch trawler was arrested today off the
North-east coast of Scotland by a navy frigate on protection
duty. The 130-foot Maria was escorted in to Aberdeen harbour
by the frigate Yarmouth. It is believed she was arrested for
contravening the new 200-mile herring fishing limit.
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1978 |
March 16th,On hand
after the tanker Amoco Cadiz ran aground off Ushant and
helped to clean up some of the leaking oil
Refit Rosyth |
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1979 |
Refit Rosyth |
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1980 |
Refit Rosyth
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1981 |
Refit Rosyth, January -
May was spent doing sea trials
Friday 19th June Re
commissioned
September-October
Portland |
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1982 |
Falklands War,
1st March sail
Rosyth for Gibraltar and operation Springtrain, Gulf Patrol
and Far East Trip. Rerouted to Falklands after visit to
Gibraltar
May 1st Arrived in
the Total Exclusion Zone
May 4th Sheffield
Hit, Alongside fighting fires, attack enemy Submarine
May 9th Take HMS
Sheffield in Tow
May 10th HMS
Sheffield Sinks
May 21st Alongside
HMS Ardent to transfer survivors after attack.
May 22nd Air cover
San Carlos
May 23rd forced MV
Monsunen aground SE Falklands
May 23rd - June 20th
San Carlos by day Naval Gunfire Support for troops by night
June 20th Retake
Southern Thule
July 7th return home
November 22nd Hit
astern by HMS Minerva in Portland
Assist in Salvage of
St Ola (Ferry Fire) ships co awarded salvage money. |
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1983 |
Fire onboard at Rosyth
Gibraltar, Punta
Delgado, Bermuda, Key West in Ouches Rios in Jamaica,
Belize, Tam Pico in Mexico, Corpus Christi in Texas, Grand
Cayman, Kingston in Jamaica, Belize, Freeport in Grand
Bahamas, Baltimore in Maryland USA, San Juan in Puerto Rico,
St Croix in the American Virgin Islands
Falklands Patrol |
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1984 |
February Antigua
Jacksonville
in Florida for 6 days
Freedom of City Gt.
Yarmouth |
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1985 |
January - February COST
- Portland
March - April Visit
Hamburg then Exercise Cold Winter - Arctic/Northern Norway
July, Guard Ship, Fastnet Race. Last
Visit to Great Yarmouth
October/December 1985 STANAVFORMED - Gib/La
Spezia/Palermo/Alicante/Taranto/Tangier/Gib
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1986 |
February/March 1986 Exercise Cold Winter - Arctic/Northern
Norway
April 30th Pay Off
(Decommissioned) HM Naval Base Rosyth |
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1987 |
June
16th Sunk as a Target by HMS Manchester |
