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If an aircraft carrier is a bit much, you could start of with a type 42 destroyer! There are three of those up for grabs.
TBF Navy!!
Pete247…do you fancy being an Admiral??
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Originally posted by Pete247hahaha
you buyin?Nah, they arn’t including the Sea Harriers…I would of otherwise, obviously…HMS Radar has a certain ring to it!
HMS Exeter (D89) is a Type 42 destroyer, the fifth ship of the Royal Navy to be named Exeter, after the city of Exeter in Devon.
Exeter was the first of the slightly modified ‘Batch 2’ Type 42 destroyers. This was a mid-build consideration with her later sister ship, HMS Southampton sporting a similar weapons and sensors upgrade with no discernible hull modifications. The weapons and sensors fit was the first grouping of the 1022, 992Q and 1006 radars in a British warship.
The ship saw service in the Falklands War shooting down three Argentine aircraft[2], deploying to the area from the Caribbean after the start of the British invasion operations to replace Sheffield.
Early in her first commission, Exeter had a turquoise hull on and below the waterline; this was an experimental co-polymer paint which was only available in a few non-standard colours at the time. The light-blue ‘Boot-Topping’ visible on the waterline was eventually repainted to standard brick red/black during her first docking period, post the Falklands War.
Exeter also served in Operation Granby, during the 1991 Gulf War, under the command of Captain Nigel Essenhigh. Among her roles was the air defence of the US battleships bombarding enemy positions.
She attended the 25th anniversary commemorations of the Falklands War at Newquay, Cornwall in 2007, as the last remaining Royal Navy ship in commission to have served in the Falklands.[1]
On 30 July 2008, she was placed in a state of ‘Extended Readiness’ at HMNB Portsmouth, until being decommissioned there on 27 May 2009.[1] In early 2010 Exeter was in use as a training hulk to assist with the training of new naval base tugs. She was finally put up for sale by auction on 28 March 2011
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