Type 43 Destroyer

The Type 43 Destroyer is a class of destroyer in the Royal Navy often called Britian's Spru-can because of its similarity in size with the Spruance-class destroyers. It was built from the late 1980s through the early 1990s to supplement the Typer 42 destroyers.

Specifications

 * Type: Destroyer
 * Service Period: 1990-2026
 * Characteristics
 * Length: 566 ft 7 in (172.69 meters)
 * Beam: 64 ft 4 in (19.61 meters)
 * Draft: 29 ft 10 in (9.1 meters)
 * Displacement: 7,570 tons
 * Crew: 244 officers and men
 * Endurance: Up to 45 days
 * Power: 72,000 shp
 * Propulsion: 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, 2 shafts, controllable-pitch propellers
 * Range: 7,400 nautical miles (8,520 mi, 13,710 km)
 * 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 GWS.30 Sea Dart medium-range twin-arm missile launchers (96 missiles)
 * 3 x GWS.25 Sea Wolf short-range missile launchers (18 missiles, 54 reloads)
 * 2 x Mark 8B 115mm naval guns (500 rounds)
 * 4 x Mark 143 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 AgustaWestland AW159 Lynx Wildcats
 * Boats Carried: 2 x 5.5-meter RHIB inflatable boats

Unit Run

 * HMS Nelson (D111)
 * HMS Fraser (D112)
 * HMS Anson (D113)
 * HMS Howe (D114)
 * HMS Jellicoe (D115)
 * HMS Rodney (D116)
 * HMS Barham (D117)
 * HMS Benbow (D118)