D97 Edinburgh

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Author: Leo Van Ginderen collection
Location: (DE) Kiel
Date: 21/06/2006
Administrative data Technical data
name: D97 Edinburgh
commissioned: 1985
flag: United Kingdom
dimensions: 141.12 x 14.90 x 5.80 m
type: "Shieffield" class (type 42 C) air defense destroyer
specs: crew: 301
aviation: 1 Sea Lynx helicopter
speed: 29.50 kn
former name(s): new name(s):
No known former names No known new names
We also have pictures of this vessel under the folowing name(s).
Extra info:
She was the largest and last of the type 42 destroyers, also known as the "Fortress of the Sea".
Plans and studies were being made to keep her as a heritage project in the port of Leith (Edinburgh) as she was the last of 14 destroyers of this type but failed
Converted? This vessel has not been converted.
Museum? No
Decommissioned? This vessel was decommissioned or transfered in the year 2013
Scrapping? This vessel was sold to Turkey in the year 2015 for scrapping.
Severely damaged? No