Preceded by:
County (1962)Succeeded by:
Sheffield (Type 42) (1975)Class | Bristol |
Type | Guided Missile Destroyer |
Year | 1973 |
Crew | 407 |
Dimensions | |
Length | 490 ft (pp) 506 ft |
Beam | 55 ft |
Draught | 22 ft |
Displacement | |
Empty | 6,700 t |
Loaded | 7,700 t |
Performance | |
Speed | 30 kt |
Range | 5,000 nmi @ 18 kn |
Machinery | |
Shafts | 2 |
Turbines | 2 x Geared steam 30,000 hp Standard Range 2 x Gas turbine 44,000 hp Rolls-Royce Olympus TM.IA |
Boilers | 2 x Babcock & Wilcox |
Fuel | Oil: 900 t |
Armament | |
Main | 1 x 4.50-in/55 (1 x 1) 4.5-in Mk. 8 -10° / +55° |
Anti-Sub | Ikara GWS.40 (1 x 1) Limbo Mk. 10 (305) |
AA Weapons | Sea Dart GWS.30 (1 x 2) |
Armor | |
Armor | None |
Sensors | |
Radar | Type 909 Type 965 (AKE-2) Type 978 Type 1006 Type 992/993 |
Sonar | Type 184 Type 162 |
Production | |
Built | 1 |
Total | 1 |
Ship | Code | Builder | Laid | Launch | Comm | Decomm | Fate | ||
Bristol | D23 | Swan Hunter | 15/11/1967 | 30/06/1969 | 31/03/1973 | 14/06/1991 | Inactive |