H.M.S. Birmingham, the latest ship to be commissioned in the Royal Navy, enters Portsmouth Naval Base. In the background is the Royal Navy’s oldest warship still surviving — H.M.S. Victory, Lord Nelson's flagship at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805. H.M.S. Birmingham is a guided missile destroyer which carries Sea Dart missiles, believed to be the most advanced sea-to-air weapon system in the world.
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63H.M.S. Birmingham, the latest ship to be commissioned in the Royal Navy, enters Portsmouth Naval Base. In the background is the Royal Navy’s oldest warship still surviving — H.M.S. Victory, Lord Nelson's flagship at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805. H.M.S. Birmingham is a guided missile destroyer which carries Sea Dart missiles, believed to be the most advanced sea-to-air weapon system in the world. Press, 11 April 1977, Page 10
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