On 15 January 1968, an earthquake struck Sicily, with "Stubbington" being deployed in relief efforts. In May 1969, after a refit at Gibraltar, she returned to British waters, serving as a Navigation tender at Portsmouth, and in June 1972 she joined the Tay division of the Royal Navy Reserve, based at Dundee as part of the 10th Mine Counter Measures Squadron, and was renamed HMS "Montrose" while attached to the Tay Division.