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Sheffield Builder : Country : UK Ship Type : Destroyer Pennants : D88, D95, D80, D90, D91, D87, D86, D118, D108, D89, D92, D97, D96, D98 Profile : Also referred to as Type 42 Destroyers. |
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Sheffield Class Destroyers. c. 1971 - 1983 |
Ships in the Sheffield class (ordered by name)... : | ||
Name | Launched | Fate |
Birmingham | 30th July 1973 | Scrapped 20th October 2000. |
Cardiff | 22nd February 1974 | Launched by Vickers and completed by Swan Hunter Ltd, Hebburn. |
Coventry | 21st June 1974 | Sunk 26th May 1982 Falklands Campaign. |
Edinburgh | 14th April 1983 | Still in service 2012, decommissions in 2013, will be the last of the class in service |
Exeter | 25th April 1978 | Decommissioned 27 May 2009, awaiting disposal 2012 |
Glasgow | 14th April 1976 | Paid off 1st February 2005 and scrapped January 2009. |
Gloucester | 2nd November 1982 | Decommissioned 30 June 2011, awaiting disposal |
Liverpool | 25th September 1980 | Decommissioned 30 March 2012, awaiting disposal |
Manchester | 24th November 1980 | Decommissioned on 24th February 2011. |
Newcastle | 24th April 1975 | Decommissioned 1st February 2005 and scrapped November 2008. |
Nottingham | 18th February 1980 | Decommissioned on 11th February 2010. |
Sheffield | 10th June 1971 | Sunk 10th May 1982. |
Southampton | 29th January 1979 | Decommissioned February 2009 and awaiting disposal |
York | 20th June 1982 | Decommissioned 27 September 2012, awaiting disposal |
Ships in the Sheffield class (ordered by launch date)... : | ||
Name | Launched | Fate |
Sheffield | 10th June 1971 | Sunk 10th May 1982. |
Birmingham | 30th July 1973 | Scrapped 20th October 2000. |
Cardiff | 22nd February 1974 | Launched by Vickers and completed by Swan Hunter Ltd, Hebburn. |
Coventry | 21st June 1974 | Sunk 26th May 1982 Falklands Campaign. |
Newcastle | 24th April 1975 | Decommissioned 1st February 2005 and scrapped November 2008. |
Glasgow | 14th April 1976 | Paid off 1st February 2005 and scrapped January 2009. |
Exeter | 25th April 1978 | Decommissioned 27 May 2009, awaiting disposal 2012 |
Southampton | 29th January 1979 | Decommissioned February 2009 and awaiting disposal |
Manchester | 24th November 1980 | Decommissioned on 24th February 2011. |
Nottingham | 18th February 1980 | Decommissioned on 11th February 2010. |
Liverpool | 25th September 1980 | Decommissioned 30 March 2012, awaiting disposal |
Gloucester | 2nd November 1982 | Decommissioned 30 June 2011, awaiting disposal |
York | 20th June 1982 | Decommissioned 27 September 2012, awaiting disposal |
Edinburgh | 14th April 1983 | Still in service 2012, decommissions in 2013, will be the last of the class in service |
Ship Badges of the Sheffield Class. |
Glasgow |
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