RN Destroyers: Type 42

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A very interesting report Harry [ complete with Aussie humour] and underlines the previous comments made .

Without making you throw up all over your keyboard , may I thank you personally for both your dogged determination to find things out for us all , and the manner in which you develop / present your observations

Do we detect a penchant for this type of investigative research perhaps ;)

Either way We are glad your on board to head the investigation Harry as your flair for it is self evident :D
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Little h wrote: Sun Nov 18, 2018 4:49 pm
ivorthediver wrote: Sun Nov 18, 2018 4:17 pm ............... it would appear that we are talking at cross purposes . :?
Not exactly at cross purposes Ivor. I am aware that you want to know which of the flooded pieces of equipment were fit for re-use and which had to be replaced ........... but then, so do I ;)

HMS Endurance was considered not economically viable for repair and was sold for scrap....so, HMS Nottingham becomes the next best ship for investigation, because, having suffered considerable flooding to machinery and other equipment she was repaired and put back into service one year later.
Apologies; but need to make an amendment to the above :oops:

amend:- she was repaired and put back into service one year later.

to read:- On 7 July 2003, the anniversary of the collision, Nottingham was refloated. In April 2004 she sailed again following the £39m repair and refit. The ship returned to duty in July 2004.

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Although not adding to the list with this post, the selection of the preferred contractor is identified in the following excerpts:-

HMS Nottingham to be Repaired at HM Naval Base at Portsmouth
(Source : UK Ministry of Defence; issued Dec. 3, 2002)


Lord Bach, Minister for Defence Procurement, announced today that the Royal Navy Type 42 Destroyer HMS Nottingham will be repaired at HM Naval Base at Portsmouth.

Repairs will commence as soon as practicable, and are expected to take up to 18 months to complete.

The future of HMS Nottingham has been subject to a full Investment Appraisal, which considered a range of options. Since HMS Nottingham underwent an extensive refit programme in 1999, which extended her operational life to 2012, the most cost-effective solution was established to be a full repair of the ship...............
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In choosing the preferred contractor the MOD invited only those UK dockyards that had demonstrable experience in maintaining Type 42 Warships. As a result of that process the contract was placed with Fleet Support Limited.

Commenting on the decision, Lord Bach said:

"The repair of HMS Nottingham and the retention of her potent warfighting capability is good news for the Royal Navy. This is also good news for HM Naval Base at Portsmouth and its workforce".

Source; defence-aerospace .com
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Thanks Harry,... that ties the Nottingham incident up nicely ,it would have been nice to have a copy of the shopping list but would serve no useful purpose other than itemising the cost of the damage .

Regarding the cause has the recovery of helicopters at Sea format been revised so as to prevent another accident as I believe the Captain was repositioning the vessel to enable the helicopter to land when the accident occurred .......or am I confusing this with something else :?:
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Type 42 or Sheffield Class Guided Missile Destroyer HMS Sheffield pictured as she enters Portsmouth under the red ensign prior to her commissioning on February 16th 1975.
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Type 42 or Sheffield Class Air Defence Destroyer HMS Edinburgh pictured on her way from Stanley to Fitzroy in the Falkland Islands in June 2007.
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that extended focsle seen here makes all the difference to sea-keeping i heard?
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HMS Southampton on a visit to Sunderland in July 2008

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£15k fundraising drive for memorial to HMS Sheffield in time for 40th anniversary of her loss

Veterans of HMS Sheffield are looking to raise £15,000 in just a couple of months – in time to install a memorial on the 40th anniversary of the loss of the destroyer.
Four decades after the Shiny Sheff was fatally hit by an Argentine missile, the men who served in three Royal Navy ships to bear the steel city’s names intend to create a focal point in the UK to meet and pay their respects.

The HMS Sheffield Association – formed nearly 50 years ago to represent sailors of the WW2 cruiser, then the Type 42 and most recently the Type 22 frigate, built to replace the Falklands loss – has already had a scale model of the monument designed.

Continues at - https://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/news-and-l ... -sheffield
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RIP..Lest We Forget.....40 years ago today, May 4th 1982, Type 42 Guided Missile Destroyer HMS Sheffield is hit by an Exocet anti-ship missile, fired from Argentine Super Étendard fighters, causing heavy damage, during the Falklands War. She would sink 6 days later on May 10th, marking the first Royal Navy warship lost in action since WW2....Of the 281 crew members, 20 (mainly on duty in the galley area and computer room) died in the attack with another 26 injured, mostly from burns, smoke inhalation or shock. Only one body was recovered. The survivors were taken to Ascension Island on the tanker British Esk...The wreck is a war grave and designated as a protected place under the Protection of Military Remains Act 1986.
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