After paying the briefest of visits to Faslane - she only arrived during the morning - the Type 42, Batch 3, destroyer HMS GLOUCESTER sailed again mid-afternoon for sea. Having returned to the UK just before Christmas following a stint in the Falkland Islands, GLOUCESTER spent several weeks undergoing maintenance, training and systems trials culminating in the test firing of her Sea Dart anti-aircraft missile system on Wednesday. GLOUCESTER was built in Southampton by Vosper Thorneycroft, and was launched in November 1982. She later took part in the 1991 Gulf War.
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