The Royal Navy Destroyer HMS Edinburgh, pictured right is escorted into Portsmouth Harbour for the final time by HMS Defender on 31st May 2013. HMS Edinburgh was decommissioned from the Royal Navy after 30 years service.
The Royal Navy Destroyer HMS Edinburgh, pictured right is escorted into Portsmouth Harbour for the final time by HMS Defender on 31st May 2013. HMS Edinburgh was decommissioned from the Royal Navy after 30 years service. HMS Edinburgh took part in a farewell tour of the UK leading up to her final entry into Portsmouth including visits to its namesake city and Liverpool where it was built. During its time in service the ship clocked up 800,000 miles. The Type 42 Destroyers are to be replaced with Type 45 vessels, which are double the weight and carry the latest missile technology. The ship is being decommissioned as part of the government's Strategic Defence Review announced in 2010, which will see the Royal Navy's surface fleet cut from 23 to 19 ships. During its final tour HMS Edinburgh also stopped off in London to take part in events to mark the 70th anniversary of the Battle of the Atlantic The largest of the Type 42 destroyers built for the Royal Navy, it was launched in 1983 and served in the 2003 Iraq war. In its final operational deployment, HMS Edinburgh was used in counter-drug trafficking measures off west Africa before visiting the Caribbean and the US.
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