Sea Weapons

Guided Missile Destroyer (1973)

Bristol (Type 82)

HMS Bristol (D23)

Preceded by:

County (1962)

Succeeded by:

Sheffield (Type 42) (1975)

Datafile

ClassBristol
TypeGuided Missile Destroyer
Year1973
Crew407
Dimensions
Length149.3 m (pp)
154.3 m
Beam16.8 m
Draught6.8 m
Displacement
Empty6,700 t
Loaded7,700 t
Performance
Speed56 km/h
Range9,260 km @ 33 km/h
Machinery
Shafts2
Turbines2 x Geared steam
30,000 hp
Standard Range
2 x Gas turbine
44,000 hp
Rolls-Royce
Olympus TM.IA

Boilers2 x Babcock & Wilcox
FuelOil: 900 t
Armament
Main1 x 114-mm/55 (1 x 1)
4.5-in Mk. 8
-10° / +55°

Anti-SubIkara GWS.40 (1 x 1)
Limbo Mk. 10 (305)
AA WeaponsSea Dart GWS.30 (1 x 2)
Armor
ArmorNone
Sensors
RadarType 909
Type 965 (AKE-2)
Type 978
Type 1006
Type 992/993
SonarType 184
Type 162
Production
Built1
Total1

Registry

Ship Code Builder Laid Launch Comm Decomm Fate
Bristol D23 Swan Hunter15/11/196730/06/196931/03/197314/06/1991Inactive

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