HMS Birmingham (D86)
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hms-birmingham-d86-284-15232852
title:
HMS Birmingham (D86)
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HMS Birmingham was a Type 42 destroyer laid down by Cammell Laird and Company, Limited, at Birkenhead on 28 March 1972, launched on 30 July 1973 by Lady Empson, wife of Sir Derek Empson and commissioned on 3 December 1976. She was named for the city of Birmingham, England. Birmingham was also one of the first ships together with Ardent that served in the Persian Gulf on the Armilla patrol that protected oil supplies during the Iran–Iraq War in 1980. She was also the first ship to replenish a Sea
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Destroyer of the Royal Navy
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Birmingham_(D86)
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2024-02-26T15:01:22Z
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