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D96 HMS
Gloucester
Type 42C class
| Builder: |
Vosper Thornycroft, Southampton |
Launched: |
02.11.1982 |
| Dimensions: |
142 x 15.50 x 6.80m |
Displacement: |
4,775 tons full load |
| Armament: |
1/Sea Dart SAM system,
1/114mm 55-cal. Vickers DP gun, 2/20mm Phalanx CIWS, 6/324mm ASW
torpedoes, 1/Lynx helicopter. |
HMS Gloucester shot down
an Iraqi Silkworm missile in the Persian Gulf on 25.02.91 with a Sea Dart.
She is the 10th Royal Navy ship to bear the same name.

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