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HMS Barrosa |
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HMS Barrosa Laid Down : 28th December 1943 Launched : 17th January 1945 Completed : 14th February 1947 Type : Destroyer Class : Battle Builder : John Brown Country : UK Pennants : I68 D68 Fate : Scrapped 2nd August 1978. |
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  HMS Barrosa, November 1948. |   HMS Barrosa, June 1953. |   HMS Barrosa, May 1959. |
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17th January 1945 - Pennant L68 17th January 1945 - Launched 5th August 1948 - Sailed Rosyth. To Western Isles and Northern waters 20th August 1948 - Arrived Belfast. 13th December 1948 - Arrived Portsmouth after exercises 27th January 1949 - Arrived Portland to prepare for the Spring Cruise to Gibraltar 4th February 1949 - Arrived Gibraltar 7th March 1949 - Commenced combined exercises otf Gibraltar 9th March 1949 - Completed combined exercises off Gibraltar April 1950 - Placed in Reserve 15th June 1953 - Participated in 1953 Coronation Review 23rd November 1953 - Stationed in the North Atlantic for the flight of the Queen to Bermuda 23rd November 1953 - Cdr. T.W. Best in Command 19th May 1954 - Flagship of Admiral Sir Michael Denny 25th September 1954 - Exercise "Morning Mist" 15th July 1955 - Arrived Split 17th July 1955 - Exercises with the Yugoslav Navy 27th May 1957 - Review of the Home Fleet in Cromarty Firth by H.M. Queen 29th May 1958 - Off Lebanon 1959 - Collided with HMS Corunna in the Atlantic 24th April 1961 - At Plymouth 1962 - Part of Far East, 8th Destroyer Squadron (later 24 Escort Squadron) April 1962 - Deployed with 23rd Escort Squadron in Mediterranean 30th September 1963 - Sailed Labuan November 1963 - 21st Escort Squadron for East of Suez leg 5th November 1968 - Participated in N.A.T.O. Exercise in the Mediterranean 8th November 1968 - Commmenced Exercise "Eden Apple" 1978 - Broken up | |||
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