page_title: Type 42 destroyer
hierarchical_section_title: Type 42 destroyer
caption_attribution_description: A port bow view of the British destroyer HMS BIRMINGHAM (D-86) entering port. The BIRMINGHAM is currently assigned to NATO's Standing Naval Force Atlantic.Location: PORT EVERGLADES, FLORIDA (FL) UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (USA)
context_page_description: The Type 42 or Sheffield class, was a class of fourteen guided missile destroyers that served in the Royal Navy. A further two ships of this class were built for and served with the Argentine Navy.
  The first ship of the class was ordered in 1968 and launched in 1971. Two of the class were sunk in action during the Falklands War of 1982. The Royal Navy used this class of destroyer for 38 years between 1975 and 2013.
  No ships of this class remain active in the Royal Navy and just one remains in the Argentine Navy. The Royal Navy has replaced them with Type 45 destroyers.
context_section_description: The Type 42 or Sheffield class, was a class of fourteen guided missile destroyers that served in the Royal Navy.  A further two ships of this class were built for and served with the Argentine Navy.  
  The first ship of the class was ordered in 1968 and launched in 1971.  Two of the class (Sheffield and Coventry) were sunk in action during the Falklands War of 1982.  The Royal Navy used this class of destroyer for 38 years between 1975 and 2013.
  No ships of this class remain active in the Royal Navy and just one remains in the Argentine Navy.  The Royal Navy has replaced them with Type 45 destroyers.
caption: HMS Birmingham
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