The Leopard-class, or Type 41, frigates were designed for a main role of providing anti-aircraft protection for convoys.

Her crew assisted in the relief effort, as well as the recovery of personal belongings left behind by the island's inhabitants.

[14][15] In 1963, Leopard suffered serious damage when she collided with the South African minesweeper Pietermaritzburg during exercises off Cape Point.

[12] In February 1966 she commissioned for the fourth time and in August 1966 sailed for the Far East where she spent a busy year of exercises.

The British government denied the claims, accusing the Icelandic ship of trying to cut the trawling wires of the German fishing vessels Teutonia and Düsseldorf, and of firing several shots.

[19] Leopard provided further support for British trawlers during another fishing dispute with Iceland in 1975, spending a single week on patrol.