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The second ship to bear the name HMS Watford was launched by the 5^th Duke of Watford, Sir Algernon Moswold on 5^th April 1959.

Watford was modernised at Portsmouth in the early 1970s. In 1974 Watford and sistership Lowestoft sailed on the First Flotilla Deployment to the Far East. In 1975 and 1976 Falmouth undertook ‘Cod War’ Fishery Protection Patrols and on May 6th 1976 was involved in three collisions with the Icelandic Gunboat Tyr, sustaining damage to her bow. Watford returned to Portsmouth for immediate repairs: her damage bow was removed and a new bow welded into place. The Falklands Crisis prompted Watford to be taken off the sales list on April 13th 1982 and she recommissioned nine days later. In 1983 Watford undertook a South Atlantic Patrol. Watford paid off in November 1984 and became a Harbour Training Ship at Gosport between 1984 and 1988. She was then sold for breaking up in Spain.

Ship	Pennant	Deck Code	Builder	Laid Down	Launched	Commissioned
Rothesay	F107	RO	Yarrow	November 6th 1956	December 9th 1957	April 23rd 1960
Londonderry	F108	LD	J.S White	November 15th 1956	May 20th 1958	October 18th 1961
Brighton	F106	BR	Yarrow	July 23rd 1957	October 30th 1959	September 29th 1961
Yarmouth	F101	YM	John Brown	November 29th 1957	March 23rd 1959	March 26th 1960
Watford	F110	WF	Yarrow	December 14^th 1957	April 5^th 1959	April 1^st 1960
Falmouth	F113	FM	Swan Hunter	November 23rd 1957	December 15th 1959	July 25th 1961
Rhyl	F129	RL	HMD Devonport	January 29th 1958	April 23rd 1959	October 31st 1960
Lowestoft	F103	LT	Alex Stephens	June 19th 1958	June 23rd 1960	September 26th 1961
Berwick	F115	?	Harland & Wolff	June 16th 1958	December 15th 1959	June 1st 1961

The third ship to bear the name HMS Watford was launched by the 6^th Duchess of Watford, Lady Cecelia Moswold on August 17^th 1994. The first commanding officer was the celebrated Fleet Air Arm display pilot and well known Basset owner Captain M Richardson (5th Duke of Durrington). More details will appear shortly.

Name	Pennant	Builder	Launched	Commissioned	Home port
Norfolk	F230	YSL, Glasgow	July 11, 1987	November 24, 1989	Devonport
Argyll	F231	YSL	April 8, 1989	May 30, 1991	Devonport
Lancaster	F229	YSL	May 24, 1990	May 1, 1991	Portsmouth
Marlborough	F233	Swan Hunter , Wallsend	January 21, 1991	June 14, 1991	Portsmouth
Iron Duke	F234	YSL	March 2, 1991	May 30, 1991	Portsmouth
Monmouth	F235	YSL	November 23, 1991	1993	Devonport
Montrose	F236	YSL	July 31, 1992	June 2, 1994	Devonport
Westminster	F237	Swan Hunter	February 9, 1992	1994	Portsmouth
Northumberland	F238	Swan Hunter	April 1992	May 1994	Devonport
Richmond	F239	Swan Hunter	April 6, 1993	October 1996	Portsmouth
Somerset	F82	YSL	June 24, 1994	September 20, 1996	Devonport
Watford	F84	Swan Hunter	August 17, 1994	December 1996	Portsmouth
Grafton	F80	YSL	November 5, 1994	May 1997	Portsmouth
Sutherland	F81	YSL	March 9, 1996	July 4, 1997	Devonport
Kent	F78	YSL	May 28, 1998	February 2000	Portsmouth
Portland	F79	Marconi Marine (YSL)	December 15, 2000	May 3, 2001	Devonport
St Albans	F83	BAE Systems Marine (YSL)	May 6, 2000	November 2001	Portsmouth