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Class overview
Name
Type 42
Builders
Vickers, Cammell-Laird, Swan Hunter, Vosper Thorneycroft, CFNE Argentina
Operators
Royal Navy (1975–2013)
Argentine Navy (1976–2024)
Preceded by
Type 82 (UK)
Py class (Argentina)
Succeeded by
Type 45 (UK)
Almirante Brown class (Argentina)
Subclasses
Batches 1, 2 and 3
In service
1975–2013
Completed
16
Lost
UK: 2 (Falklands War)
Retired
14
General characteristics
Type
Guided-missile destroyer
Displacement
Batch 1 & 2:
3,500 long tons (3,600 t) standard,[1]
4,100 long tons (4,200 t)[1] or 4,350 tons[2] full load
Batch 3:
3,500 long tons (3,600 t) standard,[1]
4,775 long tons (4,852 t)[1] or 5,350 tons[2] full load
2 × STWS II triple anti-submarine torpedo tubes (not on Argentine ships)
Aircraft carried
1 × Westland Lynx HAS / HMA armed with
4 × anti-ship missiles
2 × anti-submarine torpedoes
Aviation facilities
Flight deck and enclosed hangar for embarking one helicopter
The Type 42 or Sheffield class, was a class of fourteen guided-missile destroyers that served in the Royal Navy.[4] A further two ships of this class were built for and served with the Argentine Navy.
The first ship of the class was ordered in 1968 and launched in 1971. Two of the class (Sheffield and Coventry) were lost to enemy action during the Falklands War of 1982. The Royal Navy used this class of destroyer for 38 years between 1975 and 2013.
No ships of this class remain active in the Royal Navy and both have also been retired from the Argentine Navy. The Royal Navy has replaced them with Type 45 destroyers.
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^ abcdefghHeyman, Charles The Armed Forces of the United Kingdom 1999–2000, pub Pen and Sword, 1998, ISBN 978-0-85052-621-9, pp. 40–41
^Royal Navy (11 July 2013). A Global Force 2012/13(PDF). Newsdesk Media. ISBN 978-1-906940-75-1. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 September 2018. Complement as of 24 April 2013
^Marriott, Leo: Royal Navy Destroyers since 1945, ISBN 0-7110-1817-0, Ian Allan Ltd, 1989
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