Type 82 destroyer

	HMS Bristol
Class overview
Name	Type 82
Builders	Swan Hunter
Operators	Royal Navy
Preceded by	County class
Succeeded by	Type 42
Built	1967-1969
In commission	31 March 1973 – 28 October 2020
Planned	8
Completed	1
Cancelled	7
Active	0
Laid up	1
General characteristics
Displacement	6,300 tons (standard), 7,100 tons (full)
Length	154.53 m (507 ft 0 in)
Beam	16.76 m (55 ft 0 in)
Draught	7.5 m (24 ft 7 in)
Propulsion	COSAG, 2 shafts; 2 boilers, 2 standard range geared steam turbines 30,000 hp (22,000 kW); 2 Bristol Siddeley Olympus TM1A gas turbines 30,000 hp;
Speed	28 knots (52 km/h; 32 mph)
Range	5,750 nmi (10,650 km; 6,620 mi) at 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Complement	397 (30 officers)
Electronic warfare ; & decoys	UAA1
Armament	4.5-inch (113mm) Mk 8 gun; GWS 30 Sea Dart SAM launcher (38 rounds + 10 additional warheads); Ikara A/S launcher (at least 24 rounds) (until 1984); Mark 10 'Limbo' A/S mortar (until 1979); 2 × twin Oerlikon/BMARC GCM-A03 30 mm guns (from 1983); 2 × Oerlikon/BMARC GAM-B01 20 mm guns (from 1983); 2 × Oerlikon 20 mm guns (from 1979);
Aviation facilities	Flight deck

The Type 82 or Bristol-class destroyer was a 1960s guided missile destroyer design intended to replace County-class destroyers in the Royal Navy. Originally eight warships were planned to provide area air-defence for the four planned CVA-01 aircraft carriers. They would also have been able to operate independently as modern cruisers "East of Suez".

Anti-aircraft capability was provided by the new Sea Dart missile system and the class also had anti-submarine capability. They were expected to serve as a group of four Type 82s forming the outer escort of the carrier with four "Broad Beam" Leander-class frigates as the inner escort.

The CVA-01s were all cancelled by 1966, eliminating one of the main roles for the class and removing the need for such a large warship. In its place a smaller design carrying Sea Dart for air defence entered service as the Type 42 destroyer. One Type 82, HMS Bristol, was ordered to act as a testbed for the various technologies to be used on future ships. Sometimes described as a "light cruiser",^[3] she was officially classified as a destroyer.

^ "Type 82 General Purpose Destroyer". HMS Bristol - Type 82 Destroyer. 20 April 2006. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
^ ^a ^b Friedman, Norman (2008). British Destroyers and Frigates, the Second World War and After. Barnsley: Seaforth. pp. 263, 320. ISBN 978-1-84832-015-4.
^ Jane's Fighting Ships, 1980–81. London, UK: Jane's Publishing Company. 1980. p. 556. ISBN 978-0-71060-703-4.

[1] "Type 82 General Purpose Destroyer". HMS Bristol - Type 82 Destroyer. 20 April 2006. Retrieved 9 March 2019.

[Friedman263-2] Friedman, Norman (2008). British Destroyers and Frigates, the Second World War and After. Barnsley: Seaforth. pp. 263, 320. ISBN 978-1-84832-015-4.

[JA1980-81-3] Jane's Fighting Ships, 1980–81. London, UK: Jane's Publishing Company. 1980. p. 556. ISBN 978-0-71060-703-4.

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Class overview
HMS Bristol
Name	Type 82
Builders	Swan Hunter
Operators	Royal Navy
Preceded by	County class
Succeeded by	Type 42
Built	1967-1969
In commission	31 March 1973 – 28 October 2020
Planned	8
Completed	1
Cancelled	7
Active	0
Laid up	1
General characteristics
Displacement	6,300 tons (standard), 7,100 tons (full)^[1]
Length	154.53 m (507 ft 0 in)
Beam	16.76 m (55 ft 0 in)
Draught	7.5 m (24 ft 7 in)
Propulsion	COSAG, 2 shafts 2 boilers, 2 standard range geared steam turbines 30,000 hp (22,000 kW) 2 Bristol Siddeley Olympus TM1A gas turbines 30,000 hp
Speed	28 knots (52 km/h; 32 mph)
Range	5,750 nmi (10,650 km; 6,620 mi) at 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Complement	397 (30 officers)
Electronic warfare & decoys	UAA1
Armament	4.5-inch (113mm) Mk 8 gun GWS 30 Sea Dart SAM launcher (38 rounds + 10 additional warheads)^[2] Ikara A/S launcher (at least 24 rounds)^[2] (until 1984) Mark 10 'Limbo' A/S mortar (until 1979) 2 × twin Oerlikon/BMARC GCM-A03 30 mm guns (from 1983) 2 × Oerlikon/BMARC GAM-B01 20 mm guns (from 1983) 2 × Oerlikon 20 mm guns (from 1979)
Aviation facilities	Flight deck

Type 82 destroyer

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