HMS Chilcompton

Ship: HMS CHILCOMPTON
Pennant No: M1122
Laid Down: 1st September 1951
Completed: 8th October 1954
Built By: Herd & MacKenzie Ltd, Buckie. Yard Number 122
Time to Build: 37 months
Commissioned: 13th June 1962 at Portsmouth for 9th MSS based Aden
Years Fully Operational: 7

Outline of Operational Career:

• 21 Oct 54 Joined Reserve Fleet at Hythe
• 1962 Refit at Camper & Nicholson to prepare for service
• 20 Jul 62 Deployed to Malta for work-up
• 7 Sept 62 Arrived Aden. Local and southern Gulf patrols
• 8 Jan 63 9th MSS arrived at new base in Bahrain.
• 1963 Patrolling Aden area and Southern Gulf
• 1964-65 Gulf patrols and Exercises, some with Iranian Navy
• 14 Oct 65 Left Bahrain to reduce to reserve in Gibraltar
• November 1962 At Karachi for Exercise MIDLINK 5.
• October 1964 Re-Commissioned in Middle East.
• April 67 Commissioned for service in Fishery Protection Service
• 22 Jun 67 Arrived Port Edgar, then 3 month docking due serious defect
• Sep 67-69 Fishery Protection Patrols

Significant Events:

• 4 Dec 62 Assisted MV CAPTAINTIONIS aground on Perim Island
• Oct 68 Towed HMS KINGSFORD from Aberdeen to Port Edgar

Paid Off:18th April 1969
Disposal: November 1971 to Pounds Ship Breakers, Havant, Hants for scrapping