 HMSSouthamptondressed overall. | |
| History | |
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 United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMSSouthampton |
| Ordered | 17 March 1976[1] |
| Builder | Vosper Thornycroft |
| Laid down | 21 October 1976 |
| Launched | 29 January 1979 |
| Commissioned | 31 October 1981 |
| Decommissioned | 12 February 2009 |
| Home port | HMNB Portsmouth |
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| Nickname(s) | "The Mighty Ninety" (after her pennant number). |
| Fate | Sold for scrap |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Type 42 destroyer |
| Displacement | 4,820 tonnes |
| Length | 125 m (410 ft 1 in) |
| Beam | 14.3 m (46 ft 11 in) |
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| Speed | 30 knots (56 km/h) |
| Complement | 287 |
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| Aircraft carried | Westland Lynx HMA8 |
HMSSouthampton was a batch twoType 42 destroyer of theRoyal Navy. She was named after the city ofSouthampton,England, and built byVosper Thornycroft, in Southampton. She was the sixth Royal Navy ship to bear the name.
In 1984,Southampton ran over one of the Shambles Buoys offPortland during the finalThursday War intended to prepare her to deploy to theFalklands Islands. The collision sank the buoy and resulted in a period in dry dock for repair, after whichSouthampton left for a six-month deployment as a Falkland Islands guard ship.On 3 September 1988, whilst serving on theArmilla Patrol,Southampton was involved in a collision with MVTor Bay, acontainer ship in aconvoy being escorted through theStraits of Hormuz. Three members of her crew were slightly injured and a 10-metre (33 ft) hole torn inSouthampton's hull. The destroyer was returned to the UK aboard asemi-submersibleheavy lift ship.[2][3]
On 3 February 2006, the ship was involved in the seizing of 3.5tonnes (3.4long tons; 3.9short tons) ofcocaine in theCaribbean.[4]
On 31 July 2008,Southampton was placed in a state of "Extended Readiness" and was decommissioned on 12 February 2009.[5] The ship was auctioned on 28 March 2011 and was later towed from Portsmouth on 14 October 2011 to Leyal Ship Recycling's scrapyard inAliağa, Turkey.[6]
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