HMS Edinburgh (D97)
(For other ships with the same name, see HMS Edinburgh.) HMS Edinburgh was a Type 42 (Batch 3) destroyer of the Royal Navy. Edinburgh was built by Cammell Laird of Birkenhead. She was launched on 14 April 1983 and commissioned on 17 December 1985. The largest of the Type 42 destroyers, Edinburgh was known as the "Fortress of the Sea". Edinburgh was the last of the Type 42 destroyer to serve in the Royal Navy and was decommissioned on 6 June 2013.
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HMS Edinburgh (D97)
(For other ships with the same name, see HMS Edinburgh.) HMS Edinburgh was a Type 42 (Batch 3) destroyer of the Royal Navy. Edinburgh was built by Cammell Laird of Birkenhead. She was launched on 14 April 1983 and commissioned on 17 December 1985. The largest of the Type 42 destroyers, Edinburgh was known as the "Fortress of the Sea". Edinburgh was the last of the Type 42 destroyer to serve in the Royal Navy and was decommissioned on 6 June 2013.
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Die HMS Edinburgh ist ein Zers ...... zname ist Fortress of the Sea.
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1985-12-17
decommissioning date
2013-06-06
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1980-09-08
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1983-04-14
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Transferred to Turkey for scrapping September 2015
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Ship aircraft
*Lynx Mk 8 SRU armed with:
** 3 × anti ship missiles
** 2 × anti submarine torpedoes
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* 1 × Twin Sea Dart missile la ...... e anti-submarine torpedo tubes
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*On a Field White, upon a moun ...... ows and portcullis Red.
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United Kingdom
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Ship identification
*Pennant number: D97
*Deck code: EB
*International callsign: GBBE
Ship propulsion
*COGOG turbines, 2 x Rolls Royce Olympus, 2 x Tyne, 2 shafts
*2 turbines producing
Ship sponsor
Ann Heseltine; wife of Michael Heseltine
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Die HMS Edinburgh ist ein Zers ...... zname ist Fortress of the Sea.
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HMS Edinburgh (D97)
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HMS Edinburgh (D97)
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HMS Edinburgh
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"Fortress of the Sea"
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