Type 42
Specifications | ||
Batch 1 & 2 | Batch 3 | |
Length (OA) | 412 ft ( 125.0 m ) | 463 ft ( 141.1 m ) |
Beam | 47 ft ( 14.3 m ) | 49 ft ( 14.9 m ) |
Draft | 19 ft (5.8 m ) | |
Propulsion |
2 Rolls Royce Olympus TM3B gas turbines 50000 hp, 2 Rolls Royce Tyne gas turbines 9900 hp | |
Maximum Speed | 29 knots
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Armament |
1 x Vickers 4.5" Mk 8 main gun forward 4 x 20 mm Oerlikon / BMARC anti-aircraft guns 2 x 20 mm 6 barrel GE Vulcan Phalanx CIWS 1 x twin Sea Dart SAM launcher forward 2 x twin Stingray torpedo launchers port / starboard |
1 x Vickers 4.5" Mk 8 main gun forward 2 x 20 mm Oerlikon / BMARC anti-aircraft guns 2 x 20 mm 6 barrel GE Vulcan Phalanx CIWS 1 x twin Sea Dart SAM launcher forward 1 x Seawolf 32 canister SAM launcher forward 2 x triple Stingray torpedo launchers port / starboard |
Countermeasures |
4 x Sea Gnat 6 barrelled launchers 1 x Barricade IR decoy launcher 2 x DLF offboard decoys 1 x Towed torpedo decoy |
4 x Sea Gnat 6 barrelled launchers 2 x DLF offboard decoys 1 x Towed torpedo decoy |
Radar |
Type 992Q/993 surface / low level air search and target indication (replaced by Type 996 3D air / surface search) Type 1006 navigation Type 992Q/993 surface / low level air search (replaced by Type 996 3D air / surface search) | |
Type 965 AKE-2 air search (replaced with Type 1022) |
Type 1022 air search in place of Type 965 AKE-2 | |
Aircraft: | one Lynx HAS.3 helicopter | |
Complement | 253 - 312 |
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