Type 42
Ships | ||||||||
| Name | Pennant Number |
Deck Code |
Builder | Laid Down |
Launch | Comm | Decomm | Notes |
| Type 42 Destroyers Batch 1 | ||||||||
Sheffield | D80 | SD | Vickers | 15 Jan 1970 | 10 Jun 1971 | 16 Feb 1975 | May 1982 | Participated in the Falklands conflict. Hit by one Exocet missile which cut fire mains, and caused extensive fires. Sunk under tow several days later. Sunk May 1982. |
Birmingham | D86 | BM | Cammal Laird | 02 Mar 1972 | 30 Jul 1973 | 03 Dec 1976 | 1999 | Paid off 1999. |
Glasgow | D88 | GW | Swan Hunter | 07 Mar 1974 | 14 Apr 1976 | 25 May 1977 | 01 Feb 2005 | Participated in the Falklands conflict. Hit by bomb that didn't explode. |
Newcastle | D87 | NC | Swan Hunter | 21 Feb 1973 | 24 Apr 1975 | 23 Mar 1978 | 30 Sep 2004 | . |
Cardiff | D108 | CF | Vickers | 03 Nov 1972 | 22 Feb 1974 | 24 Sep 1979 | 14 July 2005 | Participated in the Falklands and Gulf War conflicts. |
Coventry | D118 | CV | Cammal Laird | 29 Jan 1937 | 21 Jun 1974 | 20 Oct 1978 | May 1982 | Participated in the Falklands conflict. Hit by three bombs on May 25, and sank. |
| Type 42 Destroyers Batch 2 | ||||||||
Exeter | D89 | EX | Swan Hunter | 22 Jul 1976 | 25 Apr 1978 | 19 Sep 1980 | 27 May 2009 | Participated in the Falklands conflict. |
Southampton | D90 | SN | Vosper Thornycroft | 21 Oct 1976 | 29 Jan 1979 | 31 Oct 1981 | 12 February 2009 | Arrived at the Falklands days after war's end, damaged by collision in the Persian Gulf in 1991. Not operational since October 2008. |
Nottingham | D91 | NM | Vosper Thornycroft | 06 Feb 1978 | 18 Feb 1980 | 08 Apr 1983 | 24 Feb 2010 | Heavily damaged in 2002 after running aground off Australia. Floated back to the UK and repaired. Not operational since October 2008. |
Liverpool | D92 | LP | Cammal Laird | 05 Jul 1978 | 25 Sep 1980 | 09 Jul 1982 | 2012 | . |
| Type 42 Destroyers Batch 3 'Streched' Type 42 'Manchester Class' | ||||||||
Manchester | D95 | MC | Vickers | 09 May 1978 | 24 Nov 1980 | 16 Dec 1982 | 2011 | Participated in the Gulf War. |
Gloucester | D96 | GC | Vosper Thornycroft | 29 Oct 1979 | 02 Nov 1982 | 11 Sep 1985 | 2011 | Participated in the Gulf War. Intercepted an Iraqi Silkworm missile headed for USS MISSOURI. |
Edinburgh | D97 | ED | Cammal Laird | 08 Sept 1980 | 14 Apr 1983 | 17 Dec 1985 | 6 June 2013 | . |
York | D98 | YK | Swan Hunter | 08 Jan 1980 | 21 Jun 1982 | 09 Aug 1985 | 2012 | . |
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