HMS Antrim (D18)
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| Keel laying: | 20th January 1966 |
| Launch: | October 19, 1967 |
| Commissioning: | July 14, 1970 |
| Decommissioning: | 1984 |
| Whereabouts: | Sold to Chile in June 1984 |
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| Displacement : | Construction: 5530 t in use: 6300 t |
| Length: | 159 m (520 ft) |
| Width: | 16.2 m (53 ft) |
| Draft: | 6.2 m (10 ft 5 in) |
| Drive: | Combined gas and steam turbines (COSAG) 4 gas turbines : with 30,000 HP and 2 steam turbines with 30,000 HP, 2 shafts |
| Speed: | 30 kn (56 km / h) |
| Range: | 4000 nm at 28 kn |
| Crew: | 471 |
| Armament: | 4 Exocet missiles starter 2 Starter for Seacat - antiaircraft missiles 1 dual starter for Seaslug -Flugabwehrraketen aft 2 torpedo tubes 1 114 mm (4.5 in) twin gun 2 20 mm Oerlikon |
| Board helicopter : | 1 Westland Wessex |
The HMS Antrim (D18) was a British destroyer of the County class , which at Vickers Armstrong in Newcastle upon Tyne was built. It was named after County Antrim in Northern Ireland . She took part in the Falklands War and was the flagship of Operation Paraquet to retake South Georgia . The ship is namesake for Antrim Island , an island in the archipelago of South Georgia.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Recapture of South Georgia. Retrieved March 3, 2020 .