HMS Nottingham D91
One from the archives! 10 years ago and nearing the end of her career with the Royal Navy, we see batch II Type 42 'Sheffield' Class Destroyer HMS Nottingham D91 in Plymouth Sound on 2nd August 2007. Launched on 18th February 1980, HMS Nottingham was commissioned into the fleet and withdrawn after a working life of 30 years on 11th February 2010. The ship had a displacement of 4820 tons and was 410 feet long with a beam of 47 feet. The ship's motto was 'Foy pour devoir,' French for "Faith for Duty," and her twin Rolls-Royce Olympus TM3B gas turbines could propel her to speeds of up to 30 knots.