ARA Hercules is a Type 42 Destroyer of the Armada Republica Argentina. The ship was completed in 1976 at the Vickers Shipbuilding yard in Barrow-in-Furness before being delivered to Argentina. As built, she was identical to the Type 42 units being commissioned by the Royal Navy. In 1982, along with her newly built sister ship, Santisima Trinidad, she was part of the escort for the aircraft carrier Veinticinco de Mayo during the Falklands War. Today, following a major conversion which has seen the ship's flight deck and hanger expanded to allow her to operate Sea King helicopters, she operates as an amphibious command ship. Type 42 destroyer HMS Manchester Type 42, also known as the Sheffield class, is a class of destroyers of the Royal Navy. ... Argentine Navy Jack The Armada Republica Argentina (ARA) is the navy of Argentina. ... 1976 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering Ltd (VSEL), based at Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria. ... Barrow-in-Furness is a town in Cumbria, England. ... The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom is the senior service of the armed services, being the oldest of its three branches. ... 1982 is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The ARA Santisima Trinidad is a Type 42 destroyer, of the Armada Republica Argentina. ... The ARA Veinticinco de Mayo was an aircraft carrier in the Armada Republica Argentina from 1969 to 1999. ... The Falklands War or the Malvinas War (Spanish: Guerra de las Malvinas), was an armed conflict between Argentina and the United Kingdom over the Falkland Islands, also known in Spanish as the Islas Malvinas, between March and June of 1982. ... For the original Viking use of the name, see Sea-King. ...
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