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April 13, 2012
- HMS Edinburgh fires the last Sea Dart missile at the North Eastern Scottish range of Benbecula, April 13, 2012. This was the last time the 30-year old Sea Dart missile system would be fired as it was due to be replaced by the Sea Viper system fitted to the new Type 45 destroyers.
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On 13 April 2012 HMS Edinburgh fired the last operational Sea Dart missiles. The last two remaining Type 42s, York and Edinburgh completed their careers without the system being operational. [18] A launcher with drill missiles has been preserved and is on display at Explosion! Museum of Naval Firepower, Gosport, Hampshire.
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The first time the Sea Dart was fired in combat was on May 7, 1982, when the Coventry fired three at two Argentinean air force Lear jets, missing both, though the radar of another ship, HMS Broadsword, incorrectly reported the missiles’ radar signatures merging with both targets, indicating kills.
HMS Edinburgh fires the last Sea Dart missile at the North Eastern Scottish range of Benbecula, April 13, 2012. This was the last time the 30-year old Sea Dart missile system would be fired as it was due to be replaced by the Sea Viper system fitted to the new Type 45 destroyers.
Apr 22, 2012 · Introduced some 40 years ago, Sea Dart missile, a ship lunched anti-aircraft and anti-missiles with a range of around 80 miles, was fired for the last time on Apr. 13.
Possible antecedents include an attack by an Argentine Exocet antiship missile or harking back the 4 August 1964 night incident when the USS Maddox (DD-731) and Turner Joy (DD-951) fired at Tonkin Gulf wave crests.
For probably the last time in its 40-year history the Navy’s principal shield against air attack, Sea Dart missiles, were fired 20 April 2012 by a Royal Navy warship.
On 13 April 2012 Edinburgh fired the last ever operational Sea Dart missiles after a thirty-year career. The last two remaining Type 42s, York and Edinburgh completed their careers without the system being operational.
