 From August 1968 to 6 January 1971, "Falmouth" was refitted at Portsmouth Dockyard, being fitted with a hangar and flight deck to allow operation of a single Westland Wasp helicopter, while a Seacat launcher was fitted on top of the hangar.One of the Limbo mortars and the Bofors guns were removed in compensation.On the evening of 6 May 1976, after the outcome of the Third Cod War had already been decided, the Icelandic gunboat V/s "Týr" was trying to cut the nets of the fishing trawler "Carlisle", when Captain Gerald Plumer of "Falmouth" ordered it rammed.