HMS Ark Royal Ship's Programme 1990

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January 1990

3rd January - Christmas Leave ends.

12th January - Fleet Continuous Material Inspection

16th - 25th January - At sea for Shakedown.

25th January - Portsmouth for defect rectification and preparations for COST.

30th January - Sail for weopons training in South Western Approaches.

February 1990

5th - 22nd February - Continuation Operational Sea Training (COST) at Portland.

23rd - 26th February -  Visit to Copenhagen.

26th February - Commence Aviation Work Up.

March 1990

13th - 15th March - Operational Readiness Inspection.

17th March - Portsmouth for Short Maintenance Period and Easter Leave.

April 1990

18th April - Sail from Portsmouth for WESTLANT 90 deployment.

21st - 26th April - Excercise JOLLY ROGER in Gibraltar Exercise Areas.

May 1990

1st May - PASSEX with French naval carrier group led by FS Foch.

9th - 14th May - Visit to New York City.

19th - 30th May - Visit to Mayport, Florida for a maintenance period and station leave.

June 1990

3rd - 5th June - Group Anti-Submarine Warfare Exercise.

5th - 15th June - Exercise MARCOT with the Royal Canadian Navy.

15th - 19th June - Visit to Halifax, Nova Scotia.

21st - 25th June - Visit to Boston

July 1990

4th July - Portsmouth for Base Assisted Maintenance Period (BAMP) and Summer leave.

August 1990

21st August - Visit to the ship by Lord Mayor of Leeds.

25th - 27th August - Portsmouth Navy Days.

September 1990

3rd September - Sail from Portsmouth.

6th - 17th September - Exercise TEAMWORK off Norway.

20th - 24th September - Visit to Oslo.

26th September - Portsmouth.

October 1990

9th October - Families Day at sea.
15th October - Sail from Portsmouth.

22nd October - Arrive in Gibraltar.

23rd October - Captain Neil Rankin joins as Commanding Officer.

25th October - Sail from Gibraltar.

29th - 31st October - Self noise trials off Portland. 

November 1990

1st - 7th November - Portsmouth.

7th - 16th November - FRS-2 Sea Harrier sea trials.

16th November - Portsmouth for maintenance and Christmas leave.

December 1990

December - Maintenance and Christmas leave.