HMS Carysfort

Ship Programme

YearDetails
1944Launched 25 July
1945COMPLETED 20 February
1945Scapa Flow
1945Work Up
19456th Destroyer Flotilla
1945Operation Cleaver
1945East Indies
1946May - Portsmouth Placed in Reserve
1954 - 1955Modernisation at Yarrows Scotstoun Yard
19566th Destroyer Squadron
1956Glasgow 4 Dec Ship's Co join (it's raining)
1956Greenock
1956Garelochead
1957Portsmouth
1957Gibraltar
1957Malta
1957Leghorn
1957St Raphael
1957Malta
1957Limassol
1957Cyprus Patrol 6 weeks
1957Istanbul
1957Amasya
1957Malta
1957Marseilles
1957Gibraltar
1957Portsmouth
1957Plymouth
1957Milford Haven
1957Rosyth
1957Plymouth
1957Portsmouth
1957Antwerp
1957Rosyth
1957Hartlepool
1957Portsmouth
1958Portsmouth
1958Portland
1958Londonderry
1958Portland
1958London
1958Portsmouth
1958Paid Off 4 March
1958Portsmouth
1958Gibraltar
1958Malta - Work up
1958Catania
1958Malta
1958Cyprus
1958Naples
1958Malta - Refit
1958Toulon
1958Gibraltar
1959Portsmouth
1959Londonderry
1959Clyde areas
1959Londonderry
1959Portsmouth
1959Gibraltar
1959Portsmouth
1959Londonderry
1959Iceland Patrol
1959Stockholm
1959Portsmouth
1959Devonport
1959Newcastle Co Down
1959Iceland Patrol
1959Rosyth
1959Bremen
1959RE-COMMISSIONED 8 Sep Portsmouth 8th Destroyer Squadron Far East Fleet
1959Portland Sea Trials
1959Deployed - Far East 20 November
1959Gibraltar 23 - 25th Nov
1959Malta 28 - 30 Nov
1959Suez Canal 3 Dec
1959Aden 7 - 9 Dec
1960Gan, Maldives 19 Dec 59 - 12th Jan 60
1960Calcutta 17 - 22nd Jan
1960Singapore
1960Trincomalee 20 - 29th Feb
1960Singapore Refit
1960Australia
Darwin 20 - 24 Aug

and 26 - 27 Nov

Cairns 28 - 30 Aug

Brisbane 1 - 4 Sep

Sydney 20 Oct - 16 Nov
1960New Zealand


Auckland 8 Sep - 6th Oct 60 & 11 - 16th Oct

Tauranga 7 - 10th Oct
1960Hong Kong 22nd Dec
1961Hong Kong 22 Dec 60 to 1st Feb 61
1961Penang
1961Bangkok 20 - 24 Apr
1961Singapore
1961RE-COMMISSIONED 6 May at Singapore
1961Hong Kong
1961Australia
1961Singapore Refit
1962Singapore Refit
1962Hong Kong
1962South Korea, Inchon & Chinae
1962Yokohoma ,Japan
1962Okinawa
1962Singapore
1962Suez Canal
1962Malta
1962Gibraltar - Long Refit
1963Long Refit Gibraltar
196327th Escort Squadron
1964RE-COMMISSIONED 14th May at Gibraltar
1964Portland Work up
1964Santander
1964Antwerp
1964Londonderry
1964Plymouth
1964Gibraltar
1965Malta
1965Singapore
1965Indonesian Confontration
1965Hong Kong
1965Maldives
1965Suez Canal
1965Malta
1965Gibraltar
1965Plymouth
1965Lisbon
1966Gibraltar
1966Malta
1966Greek Islands
1966Seychelles
1966Aden (Quarantine)
1966Mombasa
1966Suez Canal
1966Malta
1966Gibraltar
1966Plymouth 13 September

1966RE-COMMISSIONED

6 October
1966Docking Period
1966Devonport Dockyard
1966Ship's Co living in Nissen Huts in HMS Drake
196721 Jan re-commissioning ceremony. Sea Trials Plymouth Area. 14 Feb last phase party joins
1967Portsmouth - Admiral Wise Inspection 9 - 15 March
1967Portland
Work up started 17 March and didn't complete until 16 May
1967Torrey Canyon 18/19 March. Operation MOP UP 27 March - 6th April. Falmouth and Penzance visits. Portland Work up continues.
1967Rochester - Anglo Dutch Celebrations with HMNLS Holland 12 -15 June
1967Kiel - Kieler Woche 17 - 22 June
1967Stavanger 23 - 26 June
1967Portsmouth AMP
1967Cowes Week 29 July - 5 August
1967Western Isles - Royal Yacht Guardship 7 - 16 August
1967Teignmouth Regatta Guardship 19 - 23 August
Dartmouth 23 - 26 August

1967Plymouth AMP and Navy Days 26 August - 4 September
1967Gibraltar Guardship
1967Gib Referendum 10 September 1967 and Smokey Joe stand-off
1967Portsmouth
1967Portland
1967Plymouth
1967Deployed - Far East 20 November
1967 Gibraltar Guardship
1967Tangier 12th - 15th December
1967Gibraltar
1968Gibraltar sailed 22 January
1968Freetown 29 January
1968Simonstown 6 - 16 February
1968Beira Patrol
1968Mauritius (Independance Day 12 March)
1968Gan - Maldives 19 March 1968
1968Singapore 26 March - 28 April




Cdr Bates leaves & Cdr Chapman joins
1968Subic Bay 3 - 5 May
1968Manus Admiralty Islands
1968New Britain New Ireland
1968New Hebrides, Malekula, Ambrym, Aoba, Efate (Vila), Atchen 20 - 25 May
1968Tonga - Treaty of Friendship 28 May - 1 June 1968
1968New Hebrides,
1968Fiji - Suva 26 - 27 May & 2 - 6 June
1968South Pacific
1968Nelson NZ 10-16
June
1968Tasman Sea
1968Auckland 18-21 June New RNZN Esign
1968Tasman Sea
1968Sydney AMP 25 June - 3rd July
1968Jervis Bay - Sea Trg
1968Sydney 5 - 8 July
1968Tasman Sea Kiwiex
1968Auckland 12- 15 July
1968Hauraki Gulf Weapon Trg
1968Auckland 17 - 22 July
1968Hauraki Gulf Auckex
1968Auckland 24 - 29 July
1968Longex 29 July - 2 Aug
1968Great Barrier Reef
1968Townsville 8/9 August
1968Darwin 13 August
1968Singapore 18 August - 9 September 1968 (living in HMS TERROR)
1968Captain (D) Inspection 8/9 Sep
1968Gan 14 September
1968Farquhar Islands 17 September
1968Beira Patrol 4 weeks
1968Simonstown 17 - 25 October
1968Gibraltar 9 -11 November
1968Plymouth 14 November
1969Plymouth
1969Liverpool
1969Plymouth
1969PAID OFF

March 1969
1970Awaiting Disposal
1970Sold for scrap to BISCO on the 23 October 1970 to be broken up by J Cashmore, and arrived in tow at the breakers yard in Newport on the 15 November 1970.

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