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17 - 21 November 1966 : Visited Corfu.
22 - 26 November 1966: Commenced 'MEDSUBEX'.
29 November - 2 December 1966 : Visited Izmir, Turkey.
3 - 6 December 1966: Commenced 'MEDTACEX 7' with 2 Frigates.
11 - 12 December 1966 Gibraltar.
Estimated time of departure from Gibraltar 14 December 1966.
18 December 1966 : Portsmouth.
9 January 1967 : Departed from Portsmouth.
11 - 21 January 1967: Lorient Exercise areas.
22 - 25 January 1967: Lorient, France.
26 January - 13 March 1967 : In home waters visiting Dartmouth, Portland and Portsmouth.
14 - 20 March 1967: Visited HMS GANGES the Juniors Training Establishment, Shortly Gate, Ipswich.
27 - 31 March 1967: Portland.
1 April 1967 Portsmouth.
1 May 1967 : Departed Portsmouth for trials in SW Approaches.
16 May 1967 : Returned to Portsmouth.
17 - 19 May 1967 : Visited Lorient, France.
20 May 1967: Portsmouth.
24 - 29 May 1967 Visited Fredrickshavn, Denmark.
31 May 1967 Returned to Portsmouth.
9 - 14 June 1967 Barrow.
16 June 1967 Portsmouth.
20 June 1967: To Devonport to prepare for refit (3 July).
13 September 1968 : Refit completed.
5 October 1968 HMS/m OPOSSUM became re-operational and rejoined the 1st Submarine Squadron, HMS DOLPHIN.
7 October 1968 Faslane.
3 December 1968 Departed from Faslane.
6 December 1968: Portsmouth.
9 - 31 December 1968 : Due maintenance.
14 January - 20 February 1969 In home waters visiting Plymouth exercise area, Portland, Portsmouth, Londonderry and SW Approaches.
20 February 1969 : HMS/m's OPOSSUM and ALCIDE arrived at Newport's North Dock to begin a 5 day visit to the town.
24 February - 6 May 1969 In home waters visiting Plymouth exercise area, Portsmouth for maintenance, Moray Firth, Dundee and Portland exercise area.
6 - 8 May 1969: Commenced BRITEX with 3 Training ships.
9 - 11 May 1969 : Visited Brest, France.
13 May - 2 September 1969 In home waters visiting Portland, SW Approaches, Portland exercise area, Portsmouth (for docking 23 May - 16 June 1969),
Devonport, Londonderry, Loch Ewe, Faslane, NW Approaches, Portsmouth (docks 4 - 13 August 1969) and Gosport.
2 September 1969 : Departed from Gosport.
11 September 1969 : Arrived in Malta for exercise.
16 September 1969: LRO C Wood serving on board HMS/m OPOSSUM, was drowned while swimming at Comino Island in the Mediterranean.
17 - 22 October 1969 : Visited Civitavecchia, Italy.
25 October 1969: Gibraltar.
31 October 1969 Portsmouth.
20 November 1969 - 13 January 1970 In home waters visiting Dartmouth, Portland, SW Approaches and Portsmouth.
13 January 1970 : Due repairs.
23 March 1970 : Repairs completed.
Estimated time of departure from Portsmouth 4 April 1970 for 'EXERCISE STEEL RING' with HMS/m ARTEMIS, 4 Escorts from the Royal Canadian Navy,
Atlantic Maritime Command,
HMCS/m's 'Ojibwa' and 'Okanagan' and the operational support ship HMCS 'Protecteur'.
10 - 12 May 1970: At Halifax, Canada.
14 - 19 May 1970 Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
20 - 25 May 1970: Providence (Rhode Island), Massachusetts, USA.
5 June 1970 : Portsmouth.
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