HMS Southampton (D90)
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 HMS Southampton (D90) dressed overall |
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| Career |  |
|---|---|
| Operator: | Royal Navy |
| Builder: | Vosper Thornycroft |
| Laid down: | 21 October 1976 |
| Launched: | 29 June 1979 |
| Commissioned: | 31 October 1981 |
| Decommissioned: | Mid-2008 |
| Motto: | Pro jusititus pro Rege ("For justice and the Queen") |
| Fate: | Active in service as of 2008 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Type 42 destroyer |
| Displacement: | 4,820 tonnes |
| Length: | 125 m (410 ft) |
| Beam: | 14.3 m (47 ft) |
| Propulsion: | COGOG (Combined Gas or Gas) turbines, 2 shafts 2 turbines producing 36 MW |
| Speed: | 30 knots (56 km/h) |
| Complement: | 287 |
| Armament: | Sea Dart missiles 4.5 in (114 mm) Mk 8 gun |
| Aircraft carried: | Lynx HMA8 |
For other ships of the same name, see HMS Southampton.
HMS Southampton (D90) is a batch two Type 42 destroyer of the Royal Navy.
She was named after the city of Southampton, England, and built by Vosper Thornycroft, in Southampton.
In 1984, she ran over one of the Shambles Buoys off Portland during final War Games before deploying to the Falklands, sinking the buoy and resulting in repairs in dry dock.
On Saturday 3 September 1988, whilst serving on the Armilla Patrol, she was involved in a collision with MV Tor Bay, a container ship in the convoy being escorted through the Straits of Hormuz.[1]
On February 3, 2006, the ship was involved in the seizing of 3.5 tonnes of cocaine in the Caribbean.[2]
HMS Southampton is due to be decommissioned on 1 August 2008.
[edit] Affiliations
- The Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment (Queen's and Royal Hampshires)
- No. 25 Squadron RAF
- City of Southampton
- Worshipful Company of Fletchers
- Lord Lieutenant of Hampshire
[edit] References
- ^ HMS Southampton collision with the MV Tor Bay.
- ^ UK ships seize £350m drugs cache. BBC News (3 February 2006).
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