 In 1993 she became involved in the Cherbourg incident, when "Brocklesby" challenged the French trawler "La Calypso" in the Channel Islands waters.She gained a battle honour when she was among the first coalition ships into Umm Qasr during the 2003 invasion of Iraq.She was part of a group of mine countermeasure vessels that cleared a mined channel into the port, enabling access to it by sea.