 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Akaiswa pasi paDubigeon-Normandie shipyard muNantes musi wa 24 April 1969, iye akabudiswa musi wa 21 July 1970. Yakapiwa basa pasi pehutungamiri hweLt Cdr Theo Honiball musi wa21 Nyamavhuvhu 1971, akapedza kudzidziswa kwake muMediterranean, achishanda kubva kuToulon, asati aenda kumba musi wa4 Chivabvu 1972. Munguva yokufamba kwenguva refu, iye akaperekedzwa ne frigate, uye akamira pa Cadiz, São Vicente, Luanda uye Walvis Bay, asati asvika muSimons Town musi wa 19 June 1972. Kusvika kwaro muSouth Africa kwakaratidza kubudirira kwegore rechishanu rokuvaka, kuedza uye kurovedza kusimbisa kukwanisa kweSouth Africa kwekutanga kwepasi pemvura. Kwakanga kusati kwava nenguva refu ngarava dzepasi pemvura dzisati dzabatanidzwa mumabasa, uye muna 1975, pamberi chaipo peOperation Savannah Angola, SAS Johanna van der Merwe yakaendeswa kumvura yeAngola pasi peOperation Yskas kugadzirira kubviswa kwevashandi vemauto eSA. Mukati meHondo yeBorder yeSouth Africa, iye akatora rutivi mumabasa chaiwo epachivande gumi. 