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January 1982

01 - 10    Dormant Leave
11 - 17    Recovery Time
18 - 24    SMP
25 - 31    AMP (Pre Deployment)

February

01 - 07    AMP
08 - 08    Ammunition Ship, Sail for W/T and System Calibrations
09 - 10    W/T and System Cals. Passage to North Sea
11 - 12    Squadron Ops in North Sea. Passage to Rosyth (ETA 121120)
12 - 14    Rosyth weekend
15 - 16    JMC 821 Harbour Phase
16 - 20    JMC 821 Work up Phase
21 - 26    JMC 821 Ocean Phase
26 - 28    Rosyth Weekend

March

01 - 02    Rosyth - Post JMC Debrief
02 - 04    Passage to Devonport in company BATTLEAXE, ARETHUSA
04 - 10    Devonport (9 - Ammunition Ship)
10 - 11    Weapon Training Plymouth areas
11 - 17    Devonport
17 - 24    Exercise Springtrain en route Gibraltar
24 - 29    Gibraltar - Exercise Springtrain Harbour Phase
29 - 31    Exercise Springtrain Mediterranean Phase

April

01 - 02    Exercise Springtrain
02 - 06    Visit Naples
07 - 26    Passage to Indian Ocean via Suez. Visit(s) en route.
26 - 30    Armilla Patrol.

May

01 - 31    Armilla Patrol.  Visits to be arranged.

June

01 - 04    Armilla Patrol.  Visits to be arranged.
05 - 24    Mombasa for AMP
21 - 30    Armilla Patrol.  Visits to be arranged.

July

01 - 04    Armilla Patrol.  Visits to be arranged.

August

01 - 13    Passage to UK (Visits en route?)
13 - 13    Arrive devonport
13 - 31    Devonport.  Leave, AMP.  Navy Days.

September

Leave and AMP

October, November, December

Programme unknown. Possible COST etc.