Type 42 (Destroyers)
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Name (Latin)
Type 42 (Destroyers)
Other forms of name
Sheffield Class (Destroyers)
See Also From tracing topical name
Destroyers (Warships)
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Other Identifiers
Wikidata:
Q1545471
Library of congress:
sh2010012260
Sources of Information
- Work cat.: Marriott, L. Type 42, 1985.
- Wikipedia, July 14, 2010:under Type 42 destroyer (the Type 42 or Sheffield class, are guided missile destroyers used by the Royal Navy and the Argentine Navy; the class was designed in the late 1960s to provide fleet area air-defence; in total fourteen vessels were constructed in three batches, five of which remain in service; in addition, two ships were also built to the same specifications as the Batch 1 vessels for the Argentine Navy, one of which remains in service; the ships, along with the Type 23 frigates, today help to form the backbone of the Royal Navy surface fleet, although their place is being taken by the Type 45 destroyers; HMS Sheffield and Coventry were lost in the Falklands War to enemy action)