British destroyer flotillas were formed from single classes, with a slightly adapted flotilla leader; the aim had been to produce a flotilla each year. As a broad summary, British destroyers developed ...
A memorial marking the 40th anniversary of the sinking of the Royal Navy destroyer HMS Sheffield during the Falklands War will be inaugurated next month at the National Memorial Arboretum.
HMS Liverpool was sold as part of a deal which included her sister ship HMS Manchester. They were both decommissioned to make way for the Royal Navy’s six new Type 45 (or Daring) class destroyers.
When a further 800 redundancies were announced in the summer of 1984, the workforce — recognising that the yard now faced an existential threat — took drastic action and occupied an oil rig and ...