WORLD OF WARSHIPS HMS EDINBURGH BATCH 3 TYPE 42 DESTROYER NEAR THE FAUKLANDS

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HMS Edinburgh was a Type 42 Batch III 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.

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