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HMS Ulster 1958-60 Movements Log

Log information taken from public records in United Kingdom.  Researched and supplied by Reg Ralph. Some errors maybe present and there are some missing dates/days.  Why this missing information is not part of public records is unknown If any surfer can furnish me with additional information it would be much appreciated.  I have changed abbreviations from original documents to make it easier for the reader.

John Rowe points out that there is no details of our Fishery Protection patrol off the coast of Iceland, once again no records in archives.  I will insert John's suggestions and that may jog someones grey cells.

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HMS ULSTER 1958 -1960 Type15 Frigate.

 August 1958 Log No ADM 53/150280

1st	0800	4 Basin. Devonport
8th	1015	Slip & proceed to berth in South Yard, secured alongside Fort Rosalie
11th	1500	Slip & proceed to berth No 7 Wharf Port side to.
19th	1400	New Ships Company fell in on parade ground HMS Drake.
	1435	Commissioning Service held on forecastle.
	1615	Lower deck cleared. Articles of War Read
21st	0740	Ammunition Ship.
22nd	0930	C in C Devonport Inspected Guard
	0935	C in C Devonport inspected Divisions of upper deck.
	0945	C in C Devonport messdeck rounds.
25th	0805	Slip and proceed to DG ranging - Measured mile.
	1815	Secured to Buoy. Plymouth Sound.
26th	1100	Slip & Proceed. 1115 Anchored. 1715 Weighed Anchor. 1715 S/to Buoy.
27th	0710	Slip and proceed to Brigbury Bay HIF & DIF calibration
	0820	Anchored Battisborough Island.
	1700	Weighed Anchor
	1800	Secured "D" Buoy
28th	1615	Slipped to enter harbour.
	1645	Berthed Slip Jetty. Berthed alongside Indian ship Brahmaputra (ex Leopard) in Devonport
31st		In Devonport

 September 1958 Log No ADM 53/150281

3rd	1200	Slip and proceed to Plymouth firing area.
	1325	Mortar firings/Bofors & 4"
	1815	Secured alongside Slip Jetty
6th	0705	Slip and proceed to Work Up trials
	1650	Secured alongside Q11 Jetty Port side to Portland.
9th	0800	Slip and proceed for OOW Manovers
	1800	Secured alongside Q11 Jetty
10th	0800	Slip and proceed for Action Stations. Zig Zag
	2045	Secured alongside G7 Jetty
11th	0850	Slip and proceed for Trials
	1845	Secured alongside Q11 Jetty
12th	0830	Slip and proceed Trials & Exercises
	1700	Secured alongside Q11 Jetty
16th	0800	Slip and proceed for Calibration Trials
17th	0015	Secured B1 Buoy Portland
	0750	Slip and proceed for Asdic Tracking Exercises
	1425	Secured B1 Buoy
18th	0750	Slip and proceed for Exercises I Noise ranging
	1700	Secured B1 Buoy
	2000	Harbour Defence Exercise
19th	0800	Slip and proceed for 4" & Bofor firings
	1950	Secured alongside Fountain Lake Jetty Portsmouth.
22nd	0800	Slip and proceed for Exercises
	2345	Secured B Buoy Portland.
23rd	2030	Slip and proceed for Night Exercises.
24th	0745	Secured alongside Slip Jetty Plymouth.
25t?	1100	Slip & proceed to sea & Lisahally
27th	0900	Berthed alongside Lisahally Fuelling Jetty Northern Ireland
28th?	0710	Slip & proceed to Iceland Fishery Protection.
		Events supplied by John Rowe and two from my old grey cells below and up to 13th October to be confirmed. Trawlerman information by Ken Kendall
?	?	Light Jackstay transfer with HMS Hardy
?	?	RAS Fuel with RFA Wave Ruler
?	?	Trawlerman seriously injured, [Mr. Childs] transferred onboard and accommodated in sickbay until return to Plymouth. Operated on by Surgeon Lieutenant  Cooke on the Wardroom Table! The operation saved his hand and arm and we were all rewarded by many crates of lovely fresh fish.
?	?	"Sin Bosun's" nightly S.R.E. Mystery series?
?	?	Relieved on station by HMS Decoy
?	?	Proceeded to Plymouth

No entries located for the period 29th Sept -13th October

October 1958 ADM 53/150282

13th	2000	Secured alongside Slip Jetty Plymouth Starboard side to
21st	1000	Slip & proceed to 3 Dock
	1500	Docked Down
24th	1330	Left D Dock. Secured alongside No 7 Wharf
30th	1620	Slip & proceed to Azores

 November 1958 ADM 531150283  

3rd	0900	Secured alongside Fuelling Jetty Ponte Delgada Azores
4th	0840	Slip & proceed to Bermuda
10th	1420	Secured alongside South Basin South Jetty Ireland Island. Bermuda.
25th	1530	Slip & proceed to Baltimore (Temp 69)
28th	1400	Secured alongside Pier 14 (Pratt Street) Baltimore (Temp 38)

 December 1958 ADM 531150284

3rd	0830	Slip & proceed to Washington.
	1630	Anchored Piney Point
4th	0700	Weigh & proceed up Potomac River to Washington Channel.
	1525	Secured alongside Pier 5 Starboard side to.
9th	0700	Slip & proceed to Philadelphia
10th	1340	Secured alongside Pier 3 Philadelphia Starboard side to
12th	1015	Slip & proceed to Reberth Pier 2 (Navy Yard)
15th	0820	Slip & proceed to Oiling Jetty
	1255	Slip & proceed to Bermuda.
17th	1430	Secured alongside South Basin Ireland Island.
19th	0830	Slip & proceed to Hamilton
	0930	Secured alongside 5 Berth Hamilton

January 1959 ADM 53/150285

1st	0950	Anniversary Guard Landed.
	1140	Anniversary Guard Returned onboard.
	1400	Ship open to Visitors. [Until-1700]
2nd	0800	Slip & proceed to sea – AA tracking, Sea & Air Co-operation Exercises.
	1300	Rocket firings.
	1750	Secured to buoy F Buoy. St Georges Harbour
3rd	0700	Slip & proceed for Exercises
	1515	Secured alongside Flagship Berth. Ireland Island Dockyard
7th	1125	Clear Lower deck. Captain read out S272 (Conditions of Service)
18th	1000	HMCS Algonquin entered harbour
	1015	HMCS Nootka entered harbour
19th	1420	Slip & proceed  for Exercises
	1640	Berthed "Knuckles" South Basin (Fuelling) HMCS Bonaventure
24th	1630	Slip & proceed to Key West Florida
28th	1100	Secured alongside Pier B Key West.
29th	0700	Slip & proceed for Exercises
	1200	Secured alongside Pier B
30th	0730	Slip & proceed for Exercises
	1430	Secured alongside Pier B
31st	1415	Senior Officers Visit.
	1700	Ditto

 February 1959 Log No.ADM 351152452

2nd	0830	Slip & proceed for Submarine Tracking Exercise
	1630	Secured alongside Pier B.
3rd	0730	Slip & proceed for Exercises
	1700	Secured alongside Pier B
4th	0800	Slip & proceed for Nassau
5th	0900	Secured alongside Prince Georges Wharf. Nassau
	1430	Ship open to Visitors [until 1700]
7th	0940	Slip & proceed for Pointe-A-Pierre Trinidad
10th	2300	Anchored St Georges Grenada
11th	1100	Weighed Anchor Shifted Berth (2 cables inshore)
13th	2100	Weigh & proceed to Kingston Jamaica
16th	1200	Secured alongside Oiling Jetty. Starboard side to
	1530	Shift berth to No 3 Pier A Berth. Kingston Starboard side to
17th	0800	Shift berth to No 3 Pier Westside. Starboard side to
19th	1430	Shift berth to No 2 Pier East Port side to
23rd	0900	Slip & proceed for Grand Cayman
24th	0830	Anchored Georgetown Grand Cayman
	1430	Ship open to Visitors [until 1700]
27th	1700	Weigh & proceed to Lucea Jamaica
28th	0800	Anchored Lucea Jamaica

 March 1959 Log No. ADM 53/152453

3rd	1430	Ship open to Visitors [until 1700]
	2000	Weigh & proceed to Kingston
4th	0800	Secured alongside Texaco Oiling Jetty. Kingston
	1900	Slip & proceed for Cartagena
6th	0900	Secured alongside No 1 Terminal Cartagena Colombia
7th	1430	Ship open to Visitors [until 1700]
11th	0800	Slip & proceed for La Guaira, Venezuela
13th	0815	Secured alongside No 19 Berth. La Guaira
14th	1430	Ship open to Visitors. [until 1700]
18th	1000	Slip & proceed for Pointe-A-Pierre.
19th	1430	Secured alongside No 4 Oiling Berth.
	1730	Slip & proceed.
	1745	Anchored Pointe-Pierre
20th	1500	Weigh & proceed to Bridgetown. Barbados
21st	0900	Anchored Bridgetown.
	1430	Ship open to Visitors. [until 1700]
25th	0900	Weigh & proceed to sea. Action/Abandon Ship Stations/General Drills
26th	1515	Secured alongside North Wharf St Lucia Castries. (Windward Islands)
30th	1500	Slip & proceed for Port of Spain. Trinidad
31st	0930	Secured alongside No 1 Berth. Port of Spain

 April 1959 ADM 53/152454

1st	0700	Moved Berth to No 2 Berth
6th	0800	Governor General Lord & Lady Hailes (embarked)
	0800	Slip and proceed Montserrat
7th	1130	Anchored off Plymouth. Montserrat. Leeward Islands
8th	0800	Secured
	1900	Anchored St Johns Harbour Antigua. Leeward Islands
9th	1315	Weigh & proceed
	1500	English Harbour Antigua
10th	0750	Weigh & proceed
	1400	Anchored Barbuda. Leeward Islands
	2345	Weigh & proceed for Anguilla
11th	0800	Anchored Road Bay. Anguilla
.	1800	Weigh & proceed for Nevis. Leeward Islands
12th	0015	Anchored off Charlestown .Nevis
	1520	Weighed & Proceed for St Kitts
	1630	Anchored off Basseterre. St Kitts Leeward Islands (Governor General left ship)
13th	0800	Weigh & proceed
	1040	Refuelling at sea from Wave Governor (astern)
	1500	Anchored off Basseterre, St Kitts
14th	0900	Governor General re-embarks
	1000	Weigh & proceed for Bequia
15th	0800	Anchored off St Christopher. St Kitts. Governor General landed
	1740	Governor General returned onboard.
16th	0800	Weighed Anchor
	1000	Anchored Charlestown Bay
	1030	Governor General left ship
	1430	Governor General returned
	1500	Weighed Anchor
	1800	Anchored Hillsborough Bay Union Island
17th	2300	Weighed anchor
18th	0900	Secured alongside No Kings Wharf. Port of Spain Trinidad
	0935	Governor General left ship.
	1500	Slip and proceed to sea - San Juan
20th	1420	Berthed Astern. Cantans Fuelling Pier.
	1900	Shifted Berth - A Berth Naval Base San Juan, Puerto Rico
21st	0700	Slip and proceed to Nassau
24th	0800	Secured Stern to Eastern Buoy in turning Basin with 2 anchors down. Nassau.
25th	0700	Slip and proceed to Bermuda
27th	1615	Secured alongside South Basin Ireland Island Starboard side to
28th	0815	Shift Berth to F Buoy At Georges Harbour for Visit of HRH Prince Philip.
	1250	Royal Guard Landed
	1400	Dressed Ship
	1530	Royal Guard returned onboard
	1730	Shifted Berth to anchor off Hamilton Harbour
29th	0600	Royal Yacht Britannia left harbour
	0800	Weighed Anchor to sea for AA & Exercises with HMCS Iroquois &. Huron
	1635	Secured alongside South Basin Ireland Island
30th	0930	Ranged both cables on Jetty.

May 1959 ADM 53/152455

3rd	0900	Leave Party for Warwick Camp left ship.
10th	0930	Leave Party returned d from Warwick Camp.
	1000	2nd Leave Party left for Warwick Camp.
15th	1630	HM S/M submarine Alderney berth alongside.
17th	1000	2nd Leave party returned to ship.
19th	0900	Shifted Berth from Basin to Flagship Berth
31st	0900	Shifted Berth to Alongside Ireland Island

June 1959 ADM 53/152456

12th	0910	Commodore N S Parker QBE DSO EN (Annual Inspection.)
14th	0900	HMS Troubridge entered harbour.
15th	0800	Slip and proceed to sea (Temp73)
19th	0900	Anchored Sept Iles Canada.
20th	0800	Dressed Ship for arrival of Royal Yacht Britannia.
	1900	Queen embarks Royal Yacht (salute by HMCS St Croix).
	1910	Weighed Anchor for Gaspe Bay
21st	0940	Anchored Gaspe Bay
	1300	Weighed Anchor to Port Alfred
22nd	1400	Anchored Port Alfred
	1900	Weighed Anchor with RY Britannia - HMCS St Croix & Restigouche
23rd	0930	Anchored Wolfe Cove.
	1129	Secured alongside Wolfe Cove Oil Terminal
24th	0215	Slip and proceed with HMCS Kootenay
	0930	Anchored off Three Rivers.
	1130	Weighed Anchor with HMCS Gatineau & HMCS Kootenay up river to Montreal
	1750	Secured alongside Laurier Pier. Montreal
26th	0815	Slip and proceed to Anchored down stream
	0945	Weigh & proceed to Berth St Lambert Canal for Ceremonial opening of the St Lawrence Seaway
	1230	Slip and proceed up the canal to St Lambert Lock.
	1350	Secured in Lock.
	1410	Slip and proceed out of Lock. Proceed up the canal to St Catherine's Lock
	1507	Entered Lock
	1527	Slip and proceed out of Lock to Lake Saint Louis then Lower Beauharnois Lock
	1900	Entered St Beauharnois Lock.
	2037	Slip and proceed out of Lock to Lock St Francis
	2205	Entered Lake St Francis continued sailing to Snell Lock.
27th	0950	Entered Buoyed Channell
	1550	Entered Snell Lock
	1620	Proceed out of Lock to Iroquois Lock
	1945	Entered Iroquois Lock.
	2015	Slip and proceed from Lock upstream to Brockville
	2020	Anchored off Brockville
28th	1000	Weigh & proceed
	1600	Anchored off Kingston Ontario
	1640	Weigh & proceed Lake Ontario
29th	0950	Secured alongside Pier 6 Toronto Harbour

July 1959 ADM 53/152457

1st	0430	Slip and proceed to Welland Canal.
	1120	Entered Lock (1)
	1220	Slip and proceed out of Lock (1)
	1245	Entered Lock (2)
	1315	Slip and proceed out of Lock (2)
	1355	Entered Lock (3)
	1415	Slip and proceed out of Lock (3)
	1435	Entered Lock (4)
	1507	Slip and proceed out of Lock (4)
	1515	Entered Lock (5)
	1540	Slip and proceed out of Lock (5)
	1557	Entered Lock (6)
	1618	Slip and proceed out of Lock (6)
	1633	Entered Lock (7)
	1700	Slip and proceed out of Lock (7)
	1712	Berthed alongside Lock (7) Approach Wall Starboard side to
2nd	0210	Slip and proceed up Welland Canal
	0645	Entered Lock (8)
	0730	Slip and proceed out of Lock (8) To Lake Erie
	1945	Secured alongside Distillery Jetty Windsor Starboard side to
3rd	0845	Slip and proceed to Lake St Clair.
	0920	Entered Lake St Clair Channel.
	1040	Entered Lake St Clair Flats Channel to Sarnia.
	1517	Secured alongside Fuelling Jetty Sarnia.
	1820	Shifted Berth 300 feet up Jetty Starboard side to
	1212	Slip and proceed up Canal to Lake Huron.
	1250	Entered Lake Huron
4th	1802	Anchored Penetanguisitene.
	2130	Weighed Anchor to Parry Sound.
6th	0930	Anchored Chicago Harbour,
7th	0015	Weigh & proceed to Port Arthur.
8th	0350	Continue to enter Detour Passage
	0420	Continue to enter St Mary's River.
	0815	Proceed to Lock 4 Approach Wall Berth.
	0906	Enter into Lock 4
	0945	Leave Lock 4 to Whitefish Bay
	1100	Anchored Sault St Marie
	1600	Weigh & proceed
9th	0830	Anchored Port Arthur Harbour.
	1516	Weigh & proceed
	1555	Secured alongside CPR Wharf Fort William
13th	0715	Slip and proceed to leave the Kaministikwia River
	0800	Anchored with fouled screw (3 fathoms manila)
	1120	Weigh & proceed
14th	0610	Entered Sault St Marie Lock
	0700	Slip and proceed out of Lock
	1021	Entered Lake Huron
	1700
	1700	Anchored Alpena
16th	0815	Weigh & proceed
	1830	Alongside Sarnia Fuelling Jetty
	2100	Shifted Berth 300 Ft
17th	0915	Slip and Proceed Downstream St Clair River
	1240	Entered Detroit River
	1500	Secured alongside Randolph Street Jetty Detroit.
21st	1100	Slip and Proceed to Montreal
22nd	1540	Entered Welland Canal
	1640	Entered Lock (8)
	1844	Entered Lock (7)
	2357	Entered Lock (6)
23rd	0018	Entered Lock (5)
	0220	Entered Lock (4)
	0325	Entered Lock (3)
	0445	Entered Lock (2)
	0525	Entered Lock (1) into Lake Ontario
	2030	Entered Iroquois Lock
	2046	Left Iroquois Lock
	2100	Anchored
24th	0600	Weigh & proceed to Eisenhower Lock
	0850	Entered Eisenhower Lock
	0915	Left Eisenhower Lock
	1550	Entered Upper Beauhamois Lock
	1645	Entered Lower Lock
	1710	Left Lower Lock into Lake St Louis.
	1730	Anchored
25th	0500	Weigh & proceed
	0720	Entered St Catherine's Lock
	1000	Entered St Lambert Lock
	1450	Secured alongside Section 22 Berth Montreal
26th	0810	Slip and proceed down St Lawrence River.
	2130	Anchored Murray Bay
27th	1630	Weigh & proceed for Shediac
28th	1952	Anchored Shediac
30th	0300	Weigh & proceed for Charlotte Town
	0650	Anchored Charlotte Town
	1145	Weigh & proceed
31st	1645	Alongside No 3 Jetty Halifax

August 1959 ADM 53 152458

2nd	1400	HMS Scarborough -Tenby -Salisbury entered Harbour
6th	1804	Slip and proceed for Bermuda
9th	0915	Alongside Flagship Berth
21st	0900	Slip and proceed for San Juan
24th	0830	Alongside Catanio Fuelling Pier
	1200	Moved to Pier B Naval Base San Juan
25th	0810	Secured
	1600	Anchored Roadtown Tortola
27th	0700	Weigh & proceed to Kingston
29th	1200	Alongside Fuelling Jetty Port side to

September 1959 ADM 53/ 152459

5th	0800	Slip and proceed to Belize –
	0725	Band of Royal Worcestershire Regiment embarked
7th	1320	Anchored Belize British Honduras
11th	1015	Weigh & proceed for Stann Creek
	1230	Alongside Stann Creek
	1630	Band of the Royal Worcestershire Regiment Landed
	1915	Band of the Royal Worcestershire Regiment Returned
12th	0800	Alongside Kingston Jamaica
14th	0815	Weigh & proceed Full Power Trials
	1650	Alongside Fuelling Jetty Port side to
15th	1550	Slip and proceed for Guantanamo Bay Cuba
16th	0900	Alongside Pier B Guantanamo Bay
17th	0645	Slip and proceed for Exercises
	1815	Alongside Pier B
18th	0640	Slip and proceed for Exercises
	1540	Secured alongside Pier B
21st	0620	Slip and proceed for Exercises Mortar Firings
	1700	Secured alongside Pier B North Fuelling Jetty
	2345	Slip and proceed for Matthew Town Bahamas
22nd	0950	Anchored Matthew Town. Bahamas
24th	0035	Weigh & proceed to Grand Turk Island
	1350	Anchored Cockburn Town
27th	0745	Weigh & proceed to Kingston Jamaica
28th	0810	Berthed Astern HMS Troubridge at Kingston Fuelling Jetty
	1410	Alongside HMS Troubridge at South Pier Port side to.

October 1969 ADM 53/ 152460

1st	1400	Slip and proceed to Bermuda
5th	0800	Alongside Flagship Berth Ireland Island
9th	0810	Secured
	0955	Alongside Hamilton No 5 Berth
12th	0930	Slip and proceed for Ponta Delgada Azores
18th	1110	Alongside Fuelling Jetty
19th	0800	Slip and proceed for Plymouth
23rd	0820	Anchored Bovisand Bay
	1345	Alongside No 6 Wharf Devonport

 

November 1959 ADM 53/152461 In Refit at Devonport

 

December 1959 ADM 53/152462 In Refit at Devonport

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