Sailing from Portsmouth in May 1967, she arrived off Port Said on the morning of 5 June, but due to the outbreak of war between Israel and the surrounding Arab states (the six day war), she was unable to transit the Suez Canal as planned.

‘Eskimo’ then spent some three months in the Mediterranean (based primarily in Malta) before eventually sailing to the Middle East via Gibraltar, Simonstown (South Africa), two Beira patrols, and Mombasa, arriving on station in Bahrain in December of that year.

She subsequently replaced her sister ship Ashanti off Aden in 1968 in support of the withdrawal of British troops from that colony.

‘Eskimo’ finally returned to the UK in May 1968 having spent a full twelve months away from home.

Due to a manpower shortage in the Royal Navy,[5] Eskimo was reduced to the reserve in 1980, being placed into the Standby Squadron, and in 1981 was put on the disposal list.