HMS Southampton (D90)
 HMS Southampton dressed overall. | |
| History | |
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 United Kingdom | |
| Name: | HMS Southampton |
| Ordered: | 17 March 1976[1] |
| Builder: | Vosper Thornycroft |
| Laid down: | 21 October 1976 |
| Launched: | 29 January 1979 |
| Commissioned: | 31 October 1981 |
| Decommissioned: | 12 February 2009 |
| Homeport: | HMNB Portsmouth |
| Identification: | Pennant number: D90 |
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| Nickname(s): | "The Mighty Ninety" (after her pennant number). |
| Fate: | Sold for scrap |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Type 42 destroyer |
| Displacement: | 4,820 tonnes |
| Length: | 125 m (410 ft) |
| Beam: | 14.3 m (47 ft) |
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| Speed: | 30 knots (56 km/h) |
| Complement: | 287 |
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| Aircraft carried: | Westland Lynx HMA8 |
HMS Southampton was a batch two Type 42 destroyer of the Royal Navy. She was named after the city of Southampton, England, and built by Vosper Thornycroft, in Southampton. She was the sixth Royal Navy ship to bear the name.
Operational Service
1981-2005
In 1984, she ran over one of the Shambles Buoys off Portland during the final Thursday War intended to prepare her to deploy to the Falklands. The collision sank the buoy and resulted in a period in dry dock for repair.
On 3 September 1988, whilst serving on the Armilla Patrol, she was involved in a collision with MV Tor Bay, a container ship in the convoy being escorted through the Straits of Hormuz.[2]
2006-2011
On 3 February 2006, the ship was involved in the seizing of 3.5 tonnes of cocaine in the Caribbean.[3]
Fate
On 31 July 2008, she was placed in a state of "Extended Readiness" and she was decommissioned on 12 February 2009.[4] The ship was auctioned on 28 March 2011 and was later towed from Portsmouth on 14 October 2011 to Leyal Ship Recycling's scrapyard in Aliaga, Turkey.[5]
Commanding Officers
| From | To | Captain |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 1982 | Captain Nicholas Hill-Norton RN |
| 1983 | 1985 | Captain David Dobson RN |
| 1985 | 1987 | Captain Chris Morgan RN |
| 1987 | 1989 | Captain S Taylor RN RN |
| 1989 | 1991 | Commander David McLean RN |
| 1991 | 1992 | Commander Tony Dyer RN |
| 1992 | 1993 | Commander John Wotton RN |
| 1993 | 1995 | Commander Tim Forster RN |
| 1995 | 1997 | Commander Keith Winstanley RN |
| 1997 | 1997 | Commander Duncan Potts RN |
| 2006 | 2008 | Commander Richard Morris RN |
Affiliations
- The Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment (Queen's and Royal Hampshires)[6]
- No. 25 Squadron RAF[6]
- City of Southampton[6]
- Worshipful Company of Fletchers[6]
- Lord Lieutenant of Hampshire[6]
- Canford School Combined Cadet Force[6]
- Mill Hill School[6]
- Old Southamptons (veterans of the previous HMS Southampton)[6]
- Royal Southampton Yacht Club[6]
- Southampton and Fareham Chamber of Commerce and Industry[6]
- Southampton University Royal Naval Unit[6]
- TS Southampton (Sea Cadet Corps)[6]
- Royal Naval Association Southampton[6]
- Southampton RN Officers Association[6]
References
- ↑ http://www.theyworkforyou.com/wrans/?id=1981-10-27.336.5
- ↑ "Collision involving HMS Southampton". FOI request for the Board of Inquiry report
- ↑ "UK ships seize £350m drugs cache". BBC News. 3 February 2006.
- ↑ "HMS Southampton bows out after 28 years". Daily Echo. 11 February 2009.
- ↑ "Carrier HMS Ark Royal put up for auction on MoD website". BBC News. 28 March 2011. Retrieved 31 March 2011.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 "List of HMS Southampton Affiliations - RN Website". Retrieved 2008-07-01.
External links
Media related to HMS Southampton (D90) at Wikimedia Commons
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