42型导弹驱逐舰是二战结束后英国批量建造的数量最多的一级,也是目前英国皇家海军唯一在役的一级驱逐舰。60年代初,英国海军开始研制“无敌”级航空母舰,相应地要考虑有足够的驱逐舰进行护航,而当时英国仅有1艘82型和3艘“郡”级驱逐舰。于是,新一级驱逐舰——42型便于1967年起开始研制。该级舰共分三批建造,共建有14艘,除首舰“谢菲尔德”号和另一艘舰“考文垂”号在1982年英阿马岛战争中被击沉、击毁外,其余12艘建造情况见表1。 The 42 missile destroyer was the largest one constructed in bulk by Britain after the end of World War II and is the only destroyer currently in service by the British Royal Navy. In the early 1960s, the British Navy began to develop “Invincible” class aircraft carrier, correspondingly, to consider having enough destroyers to escort, when Britain had only one 82 and three “county” class destroyers. As a result, a new class of destroyer - 42-type started in 1967 to facilitate the development. The class ship is divided into three batches of construction, built a total of 14, in addition to the first ship “Sheffield” and another ship “Coventry” was destroyed in the 1982 British Alkama war was wrecked, The remaining 12 vessels are shown in Table 1.