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Montevideo, July 13th 2025 - 00:22 UTC

Tag: HMS Bristol

  • Saturday, June 14th 2025 - 08:13 UTC

    Final farewell for an Iconic Falklands War destroyer HMS Bristol

    Veterans and members of the public gathered to send-off HMS Bristol (Pic MoD)

    A Royal Navy destroyer that participated in the Falklands War left Portsmouth Harbor on Friday, June 13th, and is travelling to Turkey, where she will be recycled. A small group of spectators came to see HMS Bristol, the only Type 82 ever built of her class, being towed out of Portsmouth Harbor to start her journey to an EU-approved recycling yard in Turkey.

  • Friday, September 15th 2023 - 10:34 UTC

    HMS Bristol: Falklands War destroyer up for sale

    A petition created in 2020 to save the HMS Bristol has garnered over 11,000 signatories

    The British Defence Equipment Sales Authority (DESA) said four decommissioned Royal Navy units, including the unique HMS Bristol, have been put up for sale. The Bristol belonged to Task Group 317.8 during the 1982 Falklands/Malvinas War. The three other vessels on sale are the frigates HMS Monmouth and HMS Montrose, and the minehunter HMS Walney.