Type 43 Destroyer

The Type 43 Destroyer is a class of destroyer in the Royal Navy. The Type 43s were a follow on from the Type 42s but armed with the Sea Dart Mk.II missile. The primary role of the Type 43 was to protect a task force from air-launched missile attack. In the mid-2000s, the Type 43 destroyers would undergo an extensive midlife refit allowing them to serve into the 2020s.

Specifications

 * Type: Destroyer
 * Service Period: 1988-2026
 * Characteristics
 * Length: 573 feet (174.65 meters)
 * Beam: 59 feet (17.98 meters)
 * Draft: 29 feet 10 inches (9.1 meters)
 * Displacement: 7,570 tons
 * Crew: 244 officers and men
 * Endurance: Up to 45 days
 * Propulsion: 2 x shafts, controllable-pitch propellers, 72,000 shp
 * 4 Rolls-Royce Marine Trent gas turbines
 * 2 General Motors Model 265NV turbodiesel cruise engines
 * 8 Western Electric 9000-horsepower electric motors
 * RIM MilSys 420 integrated ship power and propulsion system
 * Range: 7,400 nautical miles (13,705 kilometers) at 15 knots (27.78 km/h)
 * Speed: 32.5 Knots (60.19 km/h)
 * Sensor Suite:
 * AWADS Combat Data System
 * MFS-7000 Anti-Submarine Sonar System
 * SCOT Satellite Communications System
 * Type 162M Bottom Classification Sonar
 * Type 184 Search Sonar
 * Type 185 Underwater Phone
 * Type 909 Sea Dart Fire Control Radar x 4
 * Type 925 Seawolf fire Control Radar x 2
 * Type 992Q 3D Surveillance Radar x 1
 * Type 1022 Air Search Radar x 1
 * Type 1047 Navigation Radar x 1
 * Armament
 * 2 x 4.5"/55-caliber Mk.8B naval guns (500 rounds)
 * 2 x GWS.31 Sea Dart Mk.II medium-range twin-arm missile launchers (96 missiles)
 * 3 x GWS.27 Sea Wolf Mk.II short-range missile launchers (18 missiles, 54 reloads)
 * 4 x Mk.141 Harpoon launchers (16 missiles)
 * 2 x Phalanx Block II 20mm CIWS systems (10,000 rounds)
 * 2 x GAU-19 12.7mm Miniguns (10,000 rounds)
 * 2 x 12.75" triple torpedo tubes (6 torpedoes, 18 reloads)
 * Aircraft Carried: 2 x Westland Lynx (replaced by AgustaWestland AW159 Wildcats)
 * Boats Carried: 2 x 5.5-meter RHIB inflatable boats

Unit Run

 * HMS Nelson (D111)
 * HMS Fraser (D112)
 * HMS Cunningham (D113)
 * HMS Howe (D114)
 * HMS Jellicoe (D115)
 * HMS Rodney (D116)
 * HMS Somerville (D117)
 * HMS Collingwood (D118)