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Warship locomotives were divided into two batches: those built at BR's Swindon works were numbered in the series D800-D832 and D866-D870, [1] had a maximum tractive effort of 52,400 pounds-force (233,000 N) and eventually became British Rail Class 42. 33 others, D833–D865, were constructed by the North British Locomotive Company and became ...
The Type 42 or Sheffield class, was a class of fourteen guided-missile destroyers that served in the Royal Navy. [4] A further two ships of this class were built for and served with the Argentine Navy. The first ship of the class was ordered in 1968 and launched in 1971.
Manchester was the first of the four Batch 3 Type 42 destroyers. In order to give better seakeeping and ease the cramped conditions on board, [ 3 ] the ship's hull was lengthened by 42 feet (12.8 m) compared to the earlier Batch 1 and 2 ships, giving a length at the waterline of 434 feet (132.3 m) and an overall length of 463 feet (141.1 m).
HMS Liverpool was a Type 42 destroyer of the Royal Navy. She was built by Cammell Laird in Birkenhead and launched on 25 September 1980 by Lady Strathcona, wife of Euan Howard, the then Minister of State for Defence. Liverpool was the last Type 42 Batch 2 in service.
Download QR code; Print/export Download as PDF; Printable version ... Appearance. move to sidebar hide. 42 class may refer to: British Rail Class 42 ; DRG Class 42 ...
English: North British Type 4 (Class 43) or "Warship" Class 2,200 hp B-B No.D853 "Thruster" in BR Rail Blue livery with all yellow front end passing Didcot on the Oxford line, heading towards Paddington, 09/70. Scanned photograph taken with a Kowa SET.
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HMS Campbeltown was a Town-class destroyer of the Royal Navy during the Second World War.She was originally US destroyer USS Buchanan, [1] and was one of 50 obsolescent U.S. Navy destroyers transferred to the Royal Navy in 1940 as part of the Destroyers for Bases Agreement. [2]