HMS Liverpool was a Type 42-class guided missile 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, th
Liverpool off Cape Wrath, Scotland, August 1986
Liverpool departing from Portsmouth Naval Base, 21 September 2009.
Liverpool berthed adjacent to Endurance, historic ship of the line Victory and the aircraft carrier Ark Royal.
Liverpool escorting the Russian aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov in 2012
The Type 42 or Sheffield class was developed to provide the Royal Navy with a cost-effective, medium-sized guided-missile destroyer focused on fleet air defence. Conceived in the late 1960s after the
HMS Birmingham
ARA Hércules following her conversion