History[edit]
In 1962-1963 she was commanded by Captain T Lewin.
By the early 1970s, in the latter part of her career, she was one of three frigates which formed the Dartmouth Training Squadron and was used for the training of Royal Navy Officer Cadets before being promoted to Midshipmen.
In popular culture[edit]
The fake military funeral of Commander James Bond in the 1967 film You Only Live Twice was filmed on board this ship, which was near Gibraltar at that time. In the film however, it was portrayed as being in Hong Kong.[10]
Decommissioning[edit]
She was paid off into the reserve fleet on 8 December 1972 with the final ship's company leaving on 28 February 1973.[citation needed]
She spent four years laid up at Devonport prior to being sold to Thos. W. Ward for breaking up at Briton Ferry,[11] the proposed sale to Pakistan being cancelled.[12]
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