Dates: 1978 -
The seventh, and current HMS Liverpool (D92) is the 10th of 14 Type 42 destroyers. She was built by Cammell Laird in Birkenhead and launched on the 25th September in 1980 by Lady Strathcona, wife of the then Minister of State for Defence.
Liverpool fired what is believed to be the first salvo of Sea Dart missiles in well over a decade, along with possibly the second only salvo ever. The firing took place approximately 250 miles south-west of the Isles of Scilly on 8 September 2002, against a sea skimming target. Liverpool proved the potency and effectiveness of the Sea Dart missile, despite its age, as well as Liverpool’s systems, after she had been in an eighteen month refit at Rosyth Dockyard.
She was part of the Naval Task Group 03 (NTG03), intended to take part in exercises in the Far East as part of the Five Power Defence Arrangement. The task force was, instead, sent to the Persian Gulf where they took part in the 2003 Iraq War.
In 2005, Liverpool was sent to the Caribbean.
Forces Reunited Forum Posts involving HMS Liverpool
"Not to be out done, HMS Liverpool bouyed in the Dart. [hmsliverpool.jpg]"
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" Quoting: John (scouse) Hirons Not to be out done, HMS Liverpool bouyed in the Dart. [hmsliverpool.jpg] Thanks for that John. My Dad let me steer his (well, his employer’s) yacht up the Dart. I remember him pointing out the house where Monica Dickens lived (I think it was ..."
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" Aircraft Carriers. Ship Name, Launch Date, Displacement, Total Crew. HMS Invincible 1977--22,000--1051. HMS Illustrious 197--22,000--1051. HMS Ark Royal 1981--22,000--1051. Amphibious Assault Ships Ship. HMS Ocean 1995--20,700--265. HMS Albion 2001--18,500--363. HMS Bulwark ..."
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" Eighteen sailors on a Royal Navy warship have tested positive for cocaine, the MoD has said. They were caught during routine testing onboard HMS Liverpool, deployed in the South Atlantic. The ship has been involved in combating drug smuggling. "Internal action" is being taken against the ..."
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" Like i said this thread is very interesting made me think about a situation i had in the 70s,Sub pulls into Lisbon, we all went ashore obviously to the place our Commanding Officer told us not to go to,Red Light area of course,got suckered into buying sticky greens (she was a gorgeous Blonde) to ..."
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