HMS Gloucester (D96)
British guided missile destroyer (1985–2011) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For other ships with the same name, see HMS Gloucester.
HMS Gloucester was a Batch 3 Type 42 destroyer of the Royal Navy, built by Vosper Thorneycroft at Woolston, Southampton and launched on 2 November 1982 by The Duchess of Gloucester. Gloucester was one of the modified last four of the class to be built, having a lengthened hull design giving better seakeeping qualities, greater endurance and an external 'strake' to counter longitudinal cracking, seen on earlier ships of the type. The flight deck recognition letters worn by Gloucester were GC, and her international callsign was GBBF.
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Name | HMS Gloucester |
Builder | Vosper Thornycroft[1] |
Laid down | 29 October 1979 |
Launched | 2 November 1982[1] |
Sponsored by | The Duchess of Gloucester |
Commissioned | 11 September 1985 |
Decommissioned | 30 June 2011[2] |
Homeport | HMNB Portsmouth |
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Motto | Prorsum ("Onwards") |
Nickname(s) | "The Fighting G" |
Fate | Sold for scrap |
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Class and type | Type 42 destroyer |
Displacement | 5,200 tonnes |
Length | 141 m (463 ft) |
Beam | 15.2 m (50 ft) |
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Speed | 30 knots (56 km/h) |
Complement | 287 |
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