Defence written question – answered on 15th October 2001.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what age is the oldest type 42 destroyer still in active service with the Royal Navy.
The oldest type 42 destroyer still in active service with the Royal Navy is the 23-year-old HMS Newcastle, which was commissioned in March 1978.
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