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HMS Southampton (1912) was a Town-class cruiser, launched in 1912 and sold in 1926. She fought at the Battle of Jutland. HMS Southampton (C83) was a Town-class cruiser, launched in 1936 and sunk off Malta on 11 January 1941. HMS Southampton (D90) was a Type 42 destroyer, launched in 1979 and decommissioned in 2009.
Southampton: Vosper Thornycroft Ltd, Woolston. 17 March 1976 21 October 1976 29 January 1979 17 August 1981 31 October 1981 [8] £67,500,000 [7] D92 Liverpool: Cammell Laird & Co, Birkenhead. 27 May 1977 5 July 1978 25 September 1980 12 May 1982 1 July 1982 [8] £92,800,000 [7] D91 Nottingham: Vosper Thornycroft Ltd, Woolston. 1 March 1977 6 ...
Southampton participated in the Battle of Heligoland Bight, and later in the Battle of Dogger Bank in early 1915. In May 1916, Southampton fought in the Battle of Jutland as flagship of 2nd Light Cruiser Squadron where she torpedoed the German light cruiser SMS Frauenlob , which subsequently sank.
Raule (the former HMS Albrighton. Bought in 1959. Decommissioned in 1967) Type 138 (former Royal Navy modified Black Swan-class sloops) F213 Scharnhorst (the former HMS Mermaid) (1959–68) F214 Hipper (the former HMS Actaeon) (1959–67) F215 Graf Spee (the former HMS Flamingo) (1959–67) F216 Scheer (the former HMS Hart) (1959–71) Type 120 ...
View history; Tools. Tools. move to sidebar hide. Actions Read; Edit; View history; ... HMS Southampton (D90) HMS Spenser; T. HMS Tartar (1907) HMS Teazer (1917) SV ...
Southampton was later damaged on 16 October 1939 whilst lying at anchor off Rosyth, Scotland, when she was struck by a 500 kg bomb in a German air raid. The bomb was released from only 150 metres (490 ft) height by a Ju 88 of I/KG.30, and hit the corner of the pom-pom magazine, passed through three decks at an angle and exited the hull ...
World War II: Convoy SL 61: The cargo ship was bombed and set afire in the Atlantic Ocean 280 nautical miles (520 km) west of Galway Bay, Ireland by a Focke-Wulf Fw 200 aircraft of I Staffeln, Kampfgeschwader 40, Luftwaffe with the loss of sixteen of her 51 crew. She then straggled behind the convoy and was abandoned.
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.