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
Retired	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.

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 class. 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", she was officially classified as a destroyer.