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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 the British Rail Class 42. 33 others, D833–D865, were constructed by the North British Locomotive Company and ...
HMS Nottingham was a batch two Type 42 destroyer of the Royal Navy, named after the city of Nottingham, England.She was launched on 18 February 1980, and commissioned on 8 April 1983 as the sixth warship to bear the name.
Class Operators Displacement Ships in class Type Year of first Commission Kuznetsov-class Russian Navy, People's Liberation Army Navy 57,700 tons 3 Aircraft Carrier (Heavy aircraft-carrying Cruiser)
USS Germantown (LSD-42) is the second Whidbey Island-class dock landing ship in the United States Navy. She is the second navy ship named after the Revolutionary War Battle of Germantown . Germantown was the first ship in the class to serve in the Pacific.
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. Two of the class (Sheffield and Coventry) were lost to enemy action during the Falklands War of 1982. The Royal Navy used this class of destroyer for 38 years between 1975 and 2013.
The commander of a Navy destroyer that’s helping protect the San Diego-based aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt in the Middle East has been relieved of duty about four months after he was ...
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.
The wreck of what was once known as the mysterious “the Ghost Ship of the Pacific” that fought on both sides of the Pacific theater in WWII has been discovered lying off the coast of ...