Royal Navy signal flags in Liverpool, UK 25th May, 2013. Sea Dart Missiles on HMS Edinburgh at the 70th anniversary of the Battle of the Atlantic (BOA 70) commemoration and events centred around Liverpool. The Battle of the Atlantic was the longest continuous military campaign in World War 2, at its height from mid-1940 through to the end of 1943.
HMS Edinburgh is a Type 42 (Batch 3) destroyer of the Royal Navy. Edinburgh was built by Cammell Laird of Birkenhead. She was launched on 14 April 1983 and commissioned on the 17 December 1985. The largest of the Type 42 destroyers, Edinburgh is known as the "Fortress of the Sea". Edinburgh will be the last Type 42 destroyer to serve in the Royal Navy and is scheduled to be decommissioned in June 2013
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Location: Liverpool, Merseyside, UK
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