HMS Edinburgh (D97)

	HMS Edinburgh on patrol near the Falkland Islands.
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Edinburgh
Builder	Cammell Laird
Laid down	8 September 1980
Launched	14 April 1983
Sponsored by	Ann Heseltine; wife of Michael Heseltine
Commissioned	17 December 1985
Decommissioned	6 June 2013
Homeport	HMNB Portsmouth
Identification	Pennant number: D97; Deck code: EB; International callsign: GBBE[failed verification];
Nickname(s)	"Fortress of the Sea"
Fate	Scrapped
Badge	On a Field White, upon a mount of rock in base Proper, a castle, triple turreted, mason White. The flags, windows and portcullis Red.; ;
General characteristics
Class and type	Type 42 destroyer
Displacement	5,200 tonnes
Length	141 m (463 ft)
Beam	15.2 m (50 ft)
Propulsion	COGOG (Combined Gas or Gas) turbines, 2 x Rolls-Royce Olympus, 2 x Tyne, 2 shafts; 2 turbines producing 36 MW (48,000 hp);
Speed	34 kn (63 km/h; 39 mph)
Complement	269
Armament	1 × Twin Sea Dart missile launcher (total of 40 missiles); 1 × 4.5 in (110 mm) Mk 8 gun; 2 × 20 mm Oerlikon guns; 2 × Phalanx Close-in weapon system (CIWS); 2 × Triple anti-submarine torpedo tubes;
Aircraft carried	Lynx Mk 8 SRU armed with:; 3 × anti ship missiles; 2 × anti submarine torpedoes;

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.^[4]^[5]

^ "Royal Navy Bridge Card, February 2009" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 July 2009. Retrieved 20 June 2009.
^ "Royal Navy investigating death of female officer on ship". BBC News. 22 June 2011. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
^ 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
^ "Royal Navy's HMS York makes final Portsmouth return". BBC News. 20 September 2012. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
^ "End of an era as HMS Edinburgh returns from Atlantic deployment". Royal Navy. 28 March 2013. Retrieved 17 June 2015.

[1] "Royal Navy Bridge Card, February 2009" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 July 2009. Retrieved 20 June 2009.

[bbc-2] "Royal Navy investigating death of female officer on ship". BBC News. 22 June 2011. Retrieved 17 June 2015.

[yearbook2013-3] 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

[4] "Royal Navy's HMS York makes final Portsmouth return". BBC News. 20 September 2012. Retrieved 17 June 2015.

[Decom-5] "End of an era as HMS Edinburgh returns from Atlantic deployment". Royal Navy. 28 March 2013. Retrieved 17 June 2015.

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History
HMS Edinburgh on patrol near the Falkland Islands.
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Edinburgh
Builder	Cammell Laird
Laid down	8 September 1980
Launched	14 April 1983
Sponsored by	Ann Heseltine; wife of Michael Heseltine
Commissioned	17 December 1985
Decommissioned	6 June 2013
Homeport	HMNB Portsmouth
Identification	Pennant number: D97 Deck code: EB International callsign: GBBE^[1]^{[failed verification]}
Nickname(s)	"Fortress of the Sea"^[2]
Fate	Scrapped
Badge	On a Field White, upon a mount of rock in base Proper, a castle, triple turreted, mason White. The flags, windows and portcullis Red.
General characteristics
Class and type	Type 42 destroyer
Displacement	5,200 tonnes
Length	141 m (463 ft)
Beam	15.2 m (50 ft)
Propulsion	COGOG (Combined Gas or Gas) turbines, 2 x Rolls-Royce Olympus, 2 x Tyne, 2 shafts 2 turbines producing 36 MW (48,000 hp)
Speed	34 kn (63 km/h; 39 mph)
Complement	269^[3]
Armament	1 × Twin Sea Dart missile launcher (total of 40 missiles) 1 × 4.5 in (110 mm) Mk 8 gun 2 × 20 mm Oerlikon guns 2 × Phalanx Close-in weapon system (CIWS) 2 × Triple anti-submarine torpedo tubes
Aircraft carried	Lynx Mk 8 SRU armed with: 3 × anti ship missiles 2 × anti submarine torpedoes