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Career	RN Ensign

Ordered:
Laid down:	21 October 1976
Launched:	29 June 1979
Commissioned:	31 October 1981
Decommissioned:
Fate:	Template:Active in service
Struck:
General Characteristics
Displacement:	4,820 tonnes
Length:	125 m (410 ft)
Beam:	14.3 m (47 ft)
Draught:
Propulsion:	COGAG (Combined Gas and Gas) turbines, 2 shafts 2 turbines producing 36 MW
Speed:	30 knots (56 km/h)
Range:
Complement:	287
Armament:	Sea Dart missiles 4.5 in (114 mm) Mk 8 gun
Aircraft:	Lynx HMA8
Motto:	Pro jusititus pro Rege ("For justice and the Queen")

HMS Southampton (D90) is a batch two Type 42 destroyer of the Royal Navy.

She was named after the city of Southampton, England, and built by Vosper Thornycroft, in Southampton.

See HMS Southampton for other ships of the same name.

v t e Type 42 destroyers
Royal Navy	Sheffield Birmingham Cardiff Coventry Newcastle Glasgow Exeter Southampton Nottingham Liverpool Manchester York Gloucester Edinburgh
Argentine Navy Hércules class	Hércules Santísima Trinidad
Preceded by: HMS Bristol Followed by: Type 45 destroyers
List of destroyers of the Royal Navy List of destroyers of the Argentine Navy