1 : HMS Birmingham (D86)
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|Ordered:
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|Laid down:
|28 March 1972
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|Launched:
|30 July 1973
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|Commissioned:
|3 December 1976
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|Decommissioned:
|31 December 1999
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|Fate:
|Sold for scrap 20 October 2000.
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|Struck:
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|Displacement:
|4,820 tonnes
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|Length:
|410 feet
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|Beam:
|47 feet
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|Draught:
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|Propulsion:
|COGAG (Combined Gas and Gas) turbines, 2 shafts
2 turbines producing 36MW
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|Speed:
|30 knots
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|Range:
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|Complement:
|287
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|Armament:
|Sea Dart missiles
4.5-in Mk 8 gun
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|Aircraft:
|Lynx HMA8
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Named for a county borough and city of north-west Warwickshire.
HMS Birmingham (D86) was a Type 42 destroyer laid down by Cammell Laird and Company, Limited, at Birkenhead on 28 March 1972, launched on 30 July 1973 by Lady Empson, wife of Sir Derek Empson and commissioned on 3 December 1976.
Birmingham paid off at Portsmouth on 10 December 1999, was towed to Devonport and stripped of all useable equipment, returned to Portsmouth in May 2000, sold for scrap and left Portsmouth under tow for Spain on 20 October 2000.
See [[HMS Birmingham|HMS Birmingham]] for other Navy ships of the same name.
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