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| HMS Southampton |
 
Dates: 1976 - HMS Southampton (D90) is 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. In 1984, she ran over one of the Shambles Buoys off Portland during final War Games before deploying to the Falklands, sinking the buoy and resulting in repairs in dry dock. On Saturday 3 September 1988, whilst serving on the Armilla Patrol, she was involved in a collision with MV Tor Bay, a container ship in the convoy being escorted through the Straits of Hormuz. On February 3, 2006, the ship was involved in the seizing of 3.5 tonnes of cocaine in the Caribbean. HMS Southampton is due to be decommissioned on 1 August 2008.
Forces Reunited Forum Posts involving HMS Southampton
" I am looking for Richard Abery who was last serving on HMS Southampton as far as i know, we lost touch in 2000 and i would like to know if anyone can help me find him, thanks "
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" [QUOTE]Quoting: David Campbell [I]Colin As a Junior NCO (at the time) serving in Kelly’s Garden between November 1984 and March 1985 I remember the inequality of the regulations. As JNCO’s and private soldiers we were ’officially’ allowed two cans of beer each per night and we were not meant ..."
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" my friend was serving on HMS Southampton in the West Indies and the family holiday planned by the mob was to Florida. His wife and son were flying out to join him. Whenever his little boy was naughty we used to say if he didn’t behave he wouldn’t be able to go and see Mickey Mouse. Then ..."
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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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" Hi all, just stumbled across the site. Won’t be on here for long though as I leave next year (after 24 years under the mast !) to pursue a new career. I served on the following: HMS Penelope - 1985-86 - AB(M) HMS Brave - 1986-89 - AB(M) HMS Challenger - 1990 - AB(M) HMS Hermione - 1991 - ..."
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95 people in our World War 2 records 
1 people in our Napoleonic Wars records
53 people in our Pre Napoleonic records
398 people in our Forces Reunited records
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