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HMS ''Liverpool'' was a Type 42 destroyer of the Royal Navy. She was built by Cammell Laird in Birkenhead and launched on 25 September 1980 by Lady Strathcona, wife of Euan Howard, the then Minister of State for Defence. ''Liverpool'' was the last Type 42 Batch 2 in service. ==Operational history== ''Liverpool'' was taken up by the Royal Navy in April 1982 from Cammell Laird. After an accelerated trials period sailed for the South Atlantic in early June 1982. Though ''Liverpool'' did not see active service in the Falklands Conflict, she remained on station for the next six months before returning to the UK. ''Liverpool'' fired what is believed to be the first salvo of Sea Dart missiles in well over a decade, along with possibly the second only salvo ever. The firing took place approximately south-west of the Isles of Scilly on 8 September 2002, against a sea skimming target to demonstrate the effectiveness of the Sea Dart missile and ''Liverpool''s systems following a 12-month refit at Rosyth Dockyard. She was part of Naval Task Group 03 (NTG03), intended to take part in exercises in the Far East as part of the Five Power Defence Arrangement. The task force was, instead, sent to the Persian Gulf where they took part in the 2003 Iraq War. In 2005, ''Liverpool'' was sent to the Caribbean, where her duties included patrols to crack down on drug smuggling. In 2008, 18 sailors onboard tested positive for cocaine in a routine drug test. She entered refit in 2009. On returning to service in 2010, ''Liverpool'' acted as an escort to fleet flagship 's task group during a four-month deployment to the United States and Canada as part of Exercise Auriga. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「HMS Liverpool (D92)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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