Type 43 Destroyer

The Type 43 Destroyer (also known as the Admiral-class) 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 2030s.

The Type 43 destroyers will be replaced by the Type 83 destroyers starting in the 2030s.

Specifications

 * Type: Destroyer
 * Service Period: 1988-203X
 * 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)