- HMS Southampton (D90)
HMS "Southampton" (D90) is a batch two Type 42
destroyer of theRoyal Navy .She was named after the city of
Southampton ,England , and built byVosper Thornycroft , in Southampton. She is the sixth Royal Navy ship to bear the name.In 1984, she ran over one of the Shambles Buoys off Portland during final War Games before deploying to the Falklands, sinking the buoy and resulting in repairs in dry dock.
On Saturday 3 September 1988, whilst serving on the
Armilla Patrol , she was involved in a collision with MV "Tor Bay", a container ship in the convoy being escorted through the Straits of Hormuz. [citeweb|url=http://www.3peaks.org.uk/Tor%20Bay%202.html|title=HMS "Southampton" collision with the MV "Tor Bay"]On 3 February 2006, the ship was involved in the seizing of 3.5
tonnes ofcocaine in theCaribbean . [citeweb|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4677038.stm|title=UK ships seize £350m drugs cache|work=BBC News|date=3 February 2006]On 31 July 2008, she was placed in a state of "Extended Readiness" at Portsmouth. With her crew dispersed it is unlikely she will sail again before her planned decomissioning in February 2009.
Affiliations
*The
Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment (Queen's and Royal Hampshires)
*No. 25 Squadron RAF
*City of Southampton
*Worshipful Company of Fletchers
*Lord Lieutenant of Hampshire
*Canford School Combined Cadet Force
*Mill Hill School cite web|url=http://www.royal-navy.mod.uk/server/show/nav.1718|title=List of HMS Southampton Affiliations - RN Website|accessdate=2008-07-01]
*Old Southamptons (veterans of the previous HMS Southampton)
*Royal Southampton Yacht Club
*Southampton and Fareham Chamber of Commerce and Industry
*SouthamptonUniversity Royal Naval Unit
*TS Southampton (Sea Cadet Corps )
*Royal Naval Association Southampton
*Southampton RN Officers AssociationReferences
Gallery
External links
* [http://www.royal-navy.mod.uk/server/show/nav.1706 Royal Navy website: HMS "Southampton"]
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