Sheffield-class Destroyer

Ships of the Royal Navy

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Overview

 

Aviation facilities:

Aircraft carried

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HMS Sheffield D80 (Batch 1)

Builder

Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering Ltd, Barrow-in-Furness.

Laid down

15. January 1970

Launched

10. June 1971

Commissioned

16. February 1975
Decommissioned 10. May 1982 (sunk)
Identification Pennant D80

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HMS Birmingham D86 (Batch 1)

Builder

Cammell Laird & Co, Birkenhead.

Laid down

28. March 1972

Launched

30. July 1973

Commissioned

3. December 1976
Decommissioned 31. December 1999
Identification Pennant D86

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HMS Newcastle D87 (Batch 1)

Builder

Swan Hunter Ltd, Wallsend-on-Tyne.

Laid down

21. February 1973

Launched

24. April 1975

Commissioned

23. March 1978
Decommissioned 1. February 2005
Identification Pennant

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HMS Coventry D118 (Batch 1)

Builder

Cammell Laird & Co, Birkenhead.

Laid down

29. January 1973

Launched

21. June 1974

Commissioned

10. November 1978
Decommissioned 25. May 1982 Sunk by Argentine aircraft
Identification Pennant D118

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HMS Glasgow D88 (Batch 1)

Builder

Swan Hunter Ltd, Wallsend-on-Tyne.

Laid down

16. April 1974

Launched

14. April 1976

Commissioned

24. May 1979
Decommissioned 1. February 2005
Identification Pennant D88

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HMS Cardiff D108 (Batch 1)

Builder

Vickers Shipbuilders Ltd, Barrow-in-Furness

Laid down

6. November 1972

Launched

22. February 1974

Commissioned

24. September 1979
Decommissioned 14. July 2005
Identification Pennant D108

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HMS Exeter D89 (Batch 2)

Builder

Swan Hunter Ltd, Wallsend-on-Tyne.

Laid down

22. July 1976

Launched

25. April 1978

Commissioned

19. September 1980
Decommissioned 27. May 2009
Identification Pennant D89

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HMS Southampton D90 (Batch 2)

Builder

Vosper Thornycroft Ltd, Woolston.

Laid down

21. October 1976

Launched

29. January 1979

Commissioned

31. October 1981
Decommissioned 12. February 2009
Identification Pennant D90

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HMS Liverpool D92 (Batch 2)

Builder

Cammell Laird & Co, Birkenhead.

Laid down

5. July 1978

Launched

25. September 1980

Commissioned

1. July 1982

Decommissioned

30. March 2012

Identification Pennant D92

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HMS Nottingham D91 (Batch 2)

Builder

Vosper Thornycroft Ltd, Woolston.

Laid down

6. February 1978

Launched

18. February 1980

Commissioned

14. April 1983

Decommissioned

11. February 2010

Identification Pennant D91

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HMS Manchester D95 (Batch 3)

Builder

Vickers Shipbuilders Ltd, Barrow-in-Furness.

Laid down

19. May 1978

Launched

24. November 1980

Commissioned

16. December 1982

Decommissioned

24. February 2011

Identification Pennant D95

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HMS York D98 (Batch 3)

Builder

Swan Hunter Ltd, Wallsend-on-Tyne.

Laid down

18. January 1980

Launched

21. June 1982

Commissioned

9. August 1985
Decommissioned 27. September 2012
Identification Pennant D98

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HMS Gloucester D96 (Batch 3)

Builder

Vosper Thornycroft Ltd, Woolston.

Laid down

29. October 1979

Launched

2. November 1982

Commissioned

11. September 1985
Decommissioned 30. June 2011
Identification Pennant D96

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HMS Edinburgh D97 (Batch 3)

Builder

Cammell Laird & Co, Birkenhead.

Laid down

8. September 1980

Launched

13. April 1983

Commissioned

17. December 1985
Decommissioned 6. June 2013
Identification Pennant D97

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last update 4. March 2023

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