HMS Berwick (F115) was a Rothesay or Type 12I

Rothesay class frigate

The Rothesay class, or Type 12M frigates were a class of frigates serving with the Royal Navy, South African Navy and the New Zealand Navy....

 class anti-submarine

Anti-submarine warfare

Anti-submarine warfare is a branch of naval warfare that uses surface warships, aircraft, or other submarines to find, track and deter, damage or destroy enemy submarines....

 frigate

Frigate

A frigate is any of several types of warship, the term having been used for ships of various sizes and roles over the last few centuries.In the 17th century, the term was used for any warship built for speed and maneuverability, the description often used being "frigate-built"...

 of the British

United Kingdom

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 Royal Navy

Royal Navy

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. She was built by Harland & Wolff and launched on 1 June 1961.

The ship was a member of the Matchmaker(2) fleet in 1965. During the Beira Patrol

Beira Patrol

The Beira Patrol was a blockade of oil shipments to Rhodesia through Beira, Mozambique, resulting from United Nations trade sanctions after Rhodesia declared its independence...

, she stopped and arrested the SS Manuella for attempting to run the oil blockade of Rhodesia

Rhodesia

Rhodesia , officially the Republic of Rhodesia from 1970, was an unrecognised state located in southern Africa that existed between 1965 and 1979 following its Unilateral Declaration of Independence from the United Kingdom on 11 November 1965...

 (now Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe is a landlocked country located in the southern part of the African continent, between the Zambezi and Limpopo rivers. It is bordered by South Africa to the south, Botswana to the southwest, Zambia and a tip of Namibia to the northwest and Mozambique to the east. Zimbabwe has three...

) at Easter 1966. HMS Berwick was re-fitted with helicopter landing facilities in 1967.

From July 1975 to April 1976, she went around the world via the Suez and Panama canals. Other ships in the flotilla included HM ships Ajax, Plymouth, Llandaff, Rothesay and Glamorgan. Destinations included Gibraltar, Malta, Egypt (Port Said), India (Madras), Singapore, Hong Kong, Australia (Fremantle, Hobart and Sydney), New Zealand (Nelson and Timaru), Fiji, Samoa, Hawaii, California (San Diego and Long Beach), Panama and finally Curacao.

In 1977, she attended the Silver Jubilee

Silver Jubilee

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 Fleet Review with sisterships HMS Plymouth

HMS Plymouth (F126)

HMS Plymouth is a Rothesay class frigate, which served in the United Kingdom Royal Navy from 1959 to 1988. She was named after the English city of Plymouth...

 and HMS Rothesay

HMS Rothesay (F107)

HMS Rothesay was a Rothesay or Type 12I class anti-submarine frigate of the British Royal Navy.-History:In the spring/summer of 1961 HMS Rothesay was in Halifax, Nova Scotia and was intending to make courtesy calls at ports on the eastern seaboard of the USA but was instead diverted to Bermuda...

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HMS Berwick was sunk as a target ship

Target ship

A target ship is a vessel — typically an obsolete or captured warship — used for naval gunnery practice or for weapons testing.-Rationale:Sinking redundant warships is an effective way of testing new weapons and warships in as realistic a manner as possible. Whilst practice torpedoes are fired...

 in August 1986 by a Tigerfish torpedo fired from the submarine HMS Tireless

HMS Tireless (S88)

HMS Tireless is a nuclear submarine of the Royal Navy and is the third vessel of her class. She is the second submarine of the Royal Navy to bear this name...

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