 Yakagadzirwa senhamba yechikepe 609 paAlexander Stephen neVanakomana, uye pakutanga yaida kunzi Dogstar, yakavhurwa musi wa 27 Chikunguru 1950. Pashure pebasa iro rakamuona achibatanidzwa muHondo yeKorea uye kunetsana muMalaya, Cyprus, Suez uye Aden, iye akanyorwa kuti kuraswa muna 1969, uye raishandiswa chinangwa tsika muna Forth. Akatengeswa kuna James A White Co Ltd, Inverkeithing, Fife nokuda kwekuputsa muna 1972. 