1970s In 1970, HMS
Jupiter deployed to the
West Indies. In 1971, she joined
Standing Naval Force Atlantic (STANAVFORLANT), a multi-national squadron of
NATO. In 1972,
Jupiter was again present in the West Indies as part of STANAVFORLANT taking over the duty of HMS
Naiad which had suffered a mechanical breakdown. The following year,
Jupiter took part in the
Second Cod War. On 26 May 1973, she and her
Wasp helicopter assisted the British trawler
Everton, which was taking water after being hit by naval gunfire from the Icelandic gunboat
Ægir. Jupiter then visited Africa on her way to the
Far East and Pacific, and carried out a variety of duties, including performing fly-the-flag visits to numerous ports.
Jupiter also visited
Christchurch, New Zealand during the
1974 Commonwealth Games and the American naval base at
Pearl Harbor where some propulsion problems were sorted out.
Charles, Prince of Wales joined
Jupiter as Ship's Communications Officer in January 1974 and remained until her return to the UK later that year. In late 1976,
Jupiter joined the
7th Frigate Squadron as Captain F7,
Jupiter led the 7th Frigate Squadron in the annual Group Deployment (Group 5 - January to May 1977, led by FOF2 in the
cruiser ), performing naval exercises and visiting the Caribbean Sea and
Rio de Janeiro and
Salvador, Brazil in April 1977 and
Funchal, Madeira. She also took part in the
Fleet Review at
Spithead on 28 June 1977, in celebration of
Queen Elizabeth II's Silver Jubilee. After the Fleet Review, frigates of the 7th Frigate Squadron visited different ports in south
Wales,
Jupiter visiting
Cardiff in early July 1977. Later that year,
Jupiter became the
Gibraltar Guard ship and in 1979 represented the United Kingdom in the Siege of Savannah 200th Anniversary.
Jupiter also enjoyed fame on
BBC TV, through starring as in the acclaimed drama series
Warship. All members of the crew were given HMS
Hero cap tallies for filming purposes. The main ship used for filming was, however, .
1980s In 1980,
Jupiters modernisation commenced, and included the addition of the
Sea Wolf missile system, as well as the removal of her twin gun turret in favour of the
Exocet anti-ship missile. The boilers were modified to the
Babcock & Wilcox Y160 Steam Atomisation type
water-tube boiler. the modernisation was completed in 1983. On 13 June 1984, as she was leaving the
Pool of London after a visit to the capital, she collided with
London Bridge, causing significant damage to both ship and bridge. The ship's captain, Commander Colin Hamilton, was later court martialled at
Portsmouth on 4 December 1984. Hamilton was severely reprimanded. In September 1986,
Jupiter was part of the NATO exercise "Autumn Train '86'" and visited Gibraltar, then spent a continuous four weeks in the Mediterranean Sea, and returned to Gibraltar prior to returning to her (then) home base of Plymouth.
Jupiter changed her home port to Portsmouth in 1985. She was a member of the 7th Frigate Squadron. In 1986,
Jupiter deployed to the
Persian Gulf—the
Armilla Patrol—in partnership with , and , and while there, helped in the evacuation of British and
Commonwealth nationals from the
People's Democratic Republic of Yemen after a campaign to overthrow the government of that country began. Her exploits were broadcast by the
BBC World Service. During the
Armilla Patrol,
Jupiter paid courtesy calls to Gibraltar, Djibouti,
Aqaba,
Doha,
Muscat, and
Mombasa, and returned via the
Suez Canal and
Piraeus. After a transit of the
Corinth Canal. Between 1984 and 1986,
Jupiter also visited
Bremerhaven,
Amsterdam,
Bordeaux and
Middlesbrough. In September 1986, she was Guard ship to the
Tall Ships Race visit to
Newcastle upon Tyne.
Jupiter was twinned with the town of Middlesbrough in
North East England.
1990s During the
First Gulf War,
Jupiter was on Armilla Patrol, which was created in 1980 in response to the increased danger posed by the
Iran–Iraq War to British interests. Her last deployment came in late 1991 to early 1992 when she deployed to the
South Atlantic as the Guard ship and returned via Rio de Janeiro and Barbados where she carried out anti drug patrols.
Jupiter decommissioned in 1992 after a final visit to her affiliated town of Middlesbrough. She was sold for scrap in 1997 and towed to
Alang in India to be beached and broken up. ==See also==