The Type 42 or Sheffield class was developed to provide the Royal Navy with a cost-effective, medium-sized guided-missile destroyer focused on fleet air defence.

The Type 42 or Sheffield class, are light guided missile destroyers used by the Royal Navy and the Argentine Navy (2 units). The first ship of the class was ordered in 1968 and launched in …

The Type 42 destroyer was a class of guided-missile destroyers operated by the Royal Navy, renowned for their air defense and fleet protection capabilities during the late 20th century.

Apr 20, 2022 · The Type 42 Destroyer was a modern fleet area air-defense platform that was manned by 253 officers and sailors. Although developed in the 1960s in 1982 three of these …

Apr 2, 2013 · The Royal Navy pioneered gas turbine propulsion and the Type 42 was powered by 2 Rolls Royce Olympus and 2 Tyne gas turbine engines which were light, easy to maintain or …

The Type 42 or Sheffield class was a class of fourteen guided-missile destroyers that served in the Royal Navy. [4] A further two ships of this class were built for and served with the …

When the CVA-01 carriers and their Type 82 air-defence destroyers were cancelled in 1966, the Type 42 were proposed as a lighter, cheaper alternative with identical capabilities.

The Type 42 destroyers served as the Royal Navy’s dedicated air defence ships from the mid-1970s until the early 2010s. Built around the Sea Dart missile system, they were designed to …

The primary role of the Type 42s was to provide area air defence for the ships they had to escort. With their long-range sensor fit they also could act as radar pickets, sailing ahead of a Task …

HMS Sheffield was a Type 42 guided missile destroyer and the second Royal Navy ship to be named after the city of Sheffield in Yorkshire. Commissioned on 16 February 1975 the …