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- Publisher:
- Amsterdam University Press
- Online publication date:
- March 2024
- Print publication year:
- 2019
- Online ISBN:
- 9789464562880
- Subjects:
- Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Military History, History
- Series:
- Lanasta - Warship
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The primary role of the Type 42 destroyers was providing air defense for the fleet. With their long-range sensors, the ships could also act as radar pickets, sailing ahead of a task group. HMS Southampton was the eighth ship originally destined to be a 16-ship class - two of these ships have been exported to Argentina. The type 42 comprised eight Batch 1 vessels, four Batch 2 and four Batch 3 Stretched Type 42.
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