The UK Royal Navy Type 42 destroyer, HMS Gloucester, has been decommissioned in Portsmouth, UK.
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The destroyer, launched in 1982, has put in over 25 years of service and is known for the first successful engagement of a missile by another missile in combat at sea, according to BBC News.
The 141m-long HMS Gloucester had a displacement capacity of 5,200t and a cruising speed of 30kt.
The Type 42 destroyers are gradually being replaced by the new Type 45 destroyers as per the UK Government’s Strategic Defence and Security Review 2010.
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