Manchester 2000
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Manchester | D95 | Vickers SB, Barrow | 19.5.1978 | 24.11.1980 | 16.12.1982 | sold 11.2014 | |
| Gloucester | D96 | Vosper Thornycroft, Woolston | 29.10.1979 | 2.11.1982 | 11.9.1985 | sold 9.2015 | |
| Edinburgh | D97 | Cammell Laird, Birkenhead | 8.9.1980 | 13.4.1983 | 17.12.1985 | sold 8.2015 | |
| York | D98 | Swan Hunter, Wallsend | 18.1.1980 | 21.6.1982 | 9.8.1985 | sold 8.2015 |
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Displacement standard, t |
3880 |
|
Displacement full, t |
4775 |
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Length, m |
132.3 wl 141.1 oa |
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Breadth, m |
14.9 |
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Draught, m |
4.20 hull 5.80 sonar dome |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
COGOG: 2 Rolls-Royce TM-3B gas turbines / 2 Rolls-Royce Tyne RM-1C gas turbines |
|
Power, h. p. |
54400 / 10680 |
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Max speed, kts |
29.5 |
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Fuel, t |
gas turbine oil 600 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 4750(18) |
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Armament |
1 x 2 Sea Dart GWS30 SAM (22 Sea Dart), 1 x 1 - 114/55 Mk 8, 2 x 2 - 30/75 GCM-A03, 2 x 1 - 20/90 GAM-B01, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 7A, 2 x 3 - 324 STWS.3 TT, 1 helicopter (Lynx) |
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Electronic equipment |
type 1022, type 992Q, type 1006, 2x type 909 radars, type 162M, type 184M sonars, type 670, UAA(1) ECM suites, 4x DLB decoy RL, 4x DLJ(2) floating decoy launchers, type 182 torpedo decoy, ADAWS-7 CCS |
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Complement |
253 |
Project history: The shortcomings of the Sheffield class could easily be remedied by restoring the length cut off the original design and slightly increasing the beam, and in November 1978 an order was placed for the first of four 'stretched Type 42s'. In configuration they were virtually identical with the later Sheffield class, with Type 1022 air warning radar. They also had the later version of the STWS defence against submarines using the Stingray torpedo and had four 30mm Oerlikons added. Because of the longer hull they were marginally faster than the Sheffield class.
Modernizations: 1987-1989, all: - 2 x 2 - 30/75, type 992Q radar, type 184M sonar, UAA(1), type 670 ECM suites; + 2 x 6 - 20/76 Mk 15 Phalanx, type 996, 2x Mk 90 radars, type 2050 sonar, UAA(2), type 675(2) ECM suites, type 182 torpedo decoy, 2x DEC laser dazzlers
1990, Edinburgh: + 1 x 6 - 20/76 Mk 15 Phalanx, Mk 90 radar
1996, Edinburgh: - 1 x 6 - 20/76, 1x Mk 90 radar
late 1990s, all: - ADAWS-7 CCS; + ADAWS-8 CCS
2000, all: - type 1006 radar, UAA(2), type 675(2) ECM suites; + type 1007, type 1008 radars, UAT(5) ECM suite
2/2001, York: - 1 x 6 - 20/76, 1x Mk 90 radar; + 1 x 21 Sea RAM SAM (21 RIM-116A)
10/2001, York: - 1 x 21 Sea RAM SAM; + 1 x 6 - 20/76 Mk 15 Phalanx, Mk 90 radar
2001, all: - 2 x 1 - 20/70
early 2000s, some ships: - type 182 torpedo decoy; + type 2070 torpedo decoy
2004, Edinburgh, York: - 1 x 1 - 114/55; + 1 x 1 - 114/55 Mk 8 Mod.1
early 2000s, all: + 2x Rademac 2100 E/O systems
Naval service: No significant events.
York 2003
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