Type 42 Destroyer

The Type 42 destroyer HMS Liverpool at sea.

The Type 42 Destroyers are guided missile destroyers used by the British Royal Navy and the navies of Ireland and Iran. The first ship of the class was ordered in 1962 and launched in 1965. They are being replaced by the Type 45 destroyers.

Specifications

Flight I

• Type: Destroyer
• Service Period: 1965-2008
• Characteristics
  • Length: 463 feet (141.12 meters)
  • Beam: 53 feet (16.15 meters)
  • Draught: 19 feet (5.8 meters)
  • Displacement: 4,400 tons (Standard); 5,320 tons (Full Load)
• Crew: 274
• Power: 50,000 shp
• Propulsion: 2 shafts COGOG, 2 x Rolls-Royce Olympus TM3B high-speed gas turbines, (50,000 shp (37.5 MW)), 2 x Rolls-Royce Tyne RM1A cruise gas turbines, (8,000 shp (6 MW))
• Range: 7,400 km (4,000 nmi) at 33 km/h (18 kn)
• Speed: 30 knots (55.56 km/hr)
• Sensor Suite:
  • Type 1022/965P air surveillance RDF
  • Type 996/992Q 3-D surveillance RDF
  • Type 909 GWS-30 fire-control RDF x 2
  • Type 1007 navigation RDF
  • Type 2050 / 2016 search ASDIC
  • Type 162 bottom profiling ASDIC
• Armament:
  • 2 x QF 4.5"/55-caliber Mk.8 naval guns
  • 2 x twin arm GWS.30 Sea Dart missile launcher (22 missiles)
  • 1 x 30mm Goalkeeper CIWS
  • 2 x Triple anti-submarine torpedo tubes (6 torpedoes, 18 reloads)
• Aircraft: 1 x Westland Lynx maritime helicopter
• Aviation Facilities: Flight deck and enclosed hangar for embarking one helicopter

Flight II

• Type: Destroyer
• Service Period: 1970-2011
• Characteristics
  • Length: 463 feet (141.12 meters)
  • Beam: 53 feet (16.15 meters)
  • Draught: 19 feet (5.8 meters)
  • Displacement: 4,400 tons (Standard); 5,320 tons (Full Load)
• Crew: 274
• Power: 50,000 shp
• Propulsion: 2 shafts COGOG, 2 x Rolls-Royce Olympus TM3B high-speed gas turbines, (50,000 shp (37.5 MW)), 2 x Rolls-Royce Tyne RM1A cruise gas turbines, (8,000 shp (6 MW))
• Range: 7,400 km (4,000 nmi) at 33 km/h (18 kn)
• Speed: 30 knots (55.56 km/hr)
• Sensor Suite:
  • Type 1022/965P air surveillance RDF
  • Type 996/992Q 3-D surveillance RDF
  • Type 909 GWS-30 fire-control RDF x 2
  • Type 1007 navigation RDF
  • Type 2050 / 2016 search ASDIC
  • Type 162 bottom profiling ASDIC
• Armament:
  • 2 x QF 4.5"/55-caliber Mk.8 naval guns
  • 2 x twin arm GWS.30 Sea Dart missile launcher (32 missiles)
  • 1 x 30mm Goalkeeper CIWS
  • 2 x Triple anti-submarine torpedo tubes (6 torpedoes, 18 reloads)
• Aircraft: 1 x Westland Lynx maritime helicopter
• Aviation Facilities: Flight deck and enclosed hangar for embarking one helicopter

Flight III

The design of the Batch III Type 42 destroyer.

• Type: Destroyer
• Service Period: 1973-2016
• Characteristics:
  • Length: 491 feet (149.66 meters)
  • Beam: 58 feet (17.63 meters)
  • Draught: 19 feet (5.8 meters)
  • Displacement: 5,150 tons (Standard); 7,622 tons (Full Load)
• Crew: 325
• Propulsion: 2 shafts COGOG, 2 x Rolls-Royce Olympus TM3B high-speed gas turbines, (50,000 shp (37.5 MW)), 2 x Rolls-Royce Tyne RM1A cruise gas turbines, (8,000 shp (6 MW))
• Range: 7,760 kilometers at 18 knots (33.34 km/h)
• Speed: 34 knots (62.97 km/h)
• Sensor Suite:
  • Type 1022/965P air surveillance RDF
  • Type 996/992Q 3-D surveillance RDF
  • Type 909 GWS-30 fire-control RDF x 2
  • Type 1007 navigation RDF
  • Type 2050/2016 search ASDIC
  • Type 162 bottom profiling ASDIC
• Armament
  • 2 x QF 4.5"/55-caliber Mk.8 naval guns
  • 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)
  • 2 x 4-cell Sea Bolt SSM Launchers (8 missiles)
  • 2 x 30mm Goalkeeper CIWS
  • 2 x GAU-19 12.7mm Miniguns (10,000 rounds)
  • 2 x 18" triple torpedo tubes (6 torpedoes, 18 reloads)
• Aircraft Carried: 1 x Westland Lynx maritime helicopter

Unit Run

Royal Navy

Batch One

• HMS Sheffield
• HMS Birmingham
• HMS Newcastle
• HMS Glasgow
• HMS Cardiff
• HMS Coventry
• HMS Grimsby
• HMS Bournemouth
• HMS Middleborough
• HMS Aldershot
• HMS Dar Es Salaam
• HMS Wakefield

Batch Two

• HMS Exeter
• HMS Southampton
• HMS Liverpool
• HMS Salisbury
• HMS Nairobi
• HMS New Delhi
• HMS Singapore
• HMS Nottingham
• HMS Freetown
• HMS Bridgetown
• HMS Georgetown
• HMS Victoria

Batch Three

• HMS Manchester
• HMS Gloucester
• HMS Edinburgh
• HMS York
• HMS Ipswich
• HMS Barrow
• HMS Hull
• HMS Birkenhead
• HMS Lagos
• HMS Accra
• HMS Dundee
• HMS Kowloon

Royal Indian Navy

• HMIS Rajput (D51)
• HMIS Rana (D52)
• HMIS Ranjit (D53)
• HMIS Ranvir (D54)
• HMIS Ranvijay (D55)
• HMIS Rajputana (D56)
• HMIS Rabhar (D57)
• HMIS Rahat (D58)

Irish Navy

• LÉ Dublin (D01)
• LÉ Cork (D02)
• LÉ Limerick (D03)
• LÉ Galway (D04)
• LÉ Waterford (D05)
• LÉ Drogheda (D06)
• LÉ Dundalk (D07)

Republic of Iran Navy

• RIS Bahram (D16)
• RIS Rashid (D17)
• RIS Narseh (D18)
• RIS Balash (D19)
• RIS Darius (D20)
• RIS Artaxerxes (D21)