Type 42 destroyer

HMS Birmingham
Class overview
Name:	Type 42
Builders:	Vickers, Cammell-Laird, Swan Hunter, Vosper Thorneycroft, CFNE Argentina
Operators:	Royal Navy (1975-2013)  Argentine Navy (1976-present)
Preceded by:	Type 82 (UK) Allen M. Sumner class/Gearing class (Argentina)
Succeeded by:	Type 45 (UK) Almirante Brown class (Argentina)
Subclasses:	Batches 1, 2 and 3
In service:	1975-2013
Completed:	16
Active:	UK: 0 Argentina: 1
Lost:	UK: 2 (Falklands Conflict) Argentina: 1 (accidental sinking at berth)
Retired:	12
General characteristics
Type:	Destroyer
Displacement:	Batch 1 & 2: 3,500 long tons (3,600 t) standard,[1] 4,100 long tons (4,200 t)[1] or 4,350 tons[2] full load Batch 3: 3,500 long tons (3,600 t) standard,[1] 4,775 long tons (4,852 t)[1] or 5,350 tons[2] full load
Length:	Batch 1 & 2: 119.5 m (392 ft) waterline,[1] 125 m (410 ft)[1] or 125.6 m (412 ft)[2] overall Batch 3: 132.3 m (434 ft) waterline,[1] 141.1 m (463 ft)[1][2] overall
Beam:	Batch 1 & 2: 14.3 m (47 ft)[1][2] Batch 3: 14.9 m (49 ft)[1][2]
Draught:	Batch 1, 2 & 3: 4.2 m (14 ft) keel,[1] 5.8 m (19 ft) screws[1][2]
Decks:	8
Installed power:	50,000 shp (37 MW)
Propulsion:	2 shafts COGOG; 2 × Rolls-Royce Olympus TM3B high-speed gas turbines, (50,000 shp (37 MW)) 2 × Rolls-Royce Tyne RM1C cruise gas turbines, (5,340 shp (3.98 MW))
Speed:	30 kn (56 km/h; 35 mph) (2 x Olympus) 24 kn (44 km/h; 28 mph) (1 Olympus and 1 Tyne per shaft) 20 kn (37 km/h; 23 mph) (1 x Olympus) 18 kn (33 km/h; 21 mph) (2 x Tyne) 13.8 kn (25.6 km/h; 15.9 mph) (1 x Tyne)
Range:	4,200 nmi (7,800 km; 4,800 mi) single Tyne RM1C/other shaft trailing at 13.8 kn (25.6 km/h; 15.9 mph)
Boats & landing craft carried:	2
Complement:	Batch 1 & 2: 253 (inc 24 officers)[1] or 274, accommodation for 312[1] Batch 3: 269 (2013);[3] 301 (inc 26 officers)[1](1993) Batch 1, 2 & 3: 24 officers and 229 ratings[2]
Sensors and processing systems:	Radar Type 1022/965P air surveillance, Radar Type 996/992Q 3-D surveillance, 2× Radar Type 909 GWS-30 fire-control, Radar Type 1007 navigation, Sonar Type 2050 / 2016 search, Sonar Type 162 bottom profiling,
Electronic warfare & decoys:	UAA2
Armament:	1 × twin launcher for GWS-30 Sea Dart missiles (22 missiles, space was reserved for an additional 15 in Batch 3) 1 × 4.5 inch Mark 8 naval gun 2 × 20 mm Phalanx CIWS (not on Argentine ships) 2 × Oerlikon / BMARC 20 mm L/70 KBA guns in GAM-B01 single mounts 4 × MM38 Exocet anti-ship missile launchers (only on Argentine ships) 2 × triple anti-submarine torpedo tubes (not on Argentine ships)
Aircraft carried:	1× Westland Lynx HAS / HMA armed with 4 × anti ship missiles 2 × anti submarine torpedoes
Aviation facilities:	Flight deck and enclosed hangar for embarking one helicopter

The Type 42 or Sheffield class, was a class of fourteen light guided missile destroyers that served in the Royal Navy.^[4][5][6] A further two ships of this class were built for and served with the Argentine Navy.

The first ship of the class was ordered in 1968 and launched in 1971. Two of the class (Sheffield and Coventry) were sunk in action during the Falklands War of 1982. The Royal Navy used this class of destroyer for 38 years between 1975 and 2013.

No ships of this class remain active in the Royal Navy and just one remains in the Argentine Navy. The Royal Navy has replaced them with Type 45 destroyers.

History

The class was designed in the late 1960s to provide fleet area air-defence. In total fourteen vessels were constructed in three batches. In addition to the Royal Navy ships, two more ships were built to the same specifications as the Batch 1 vessels for the Argentine Navy. Hércules was built in the UK and Santísima Trinidad in the AFNE Rio Santiago shipyard in Buenos Aires.

Sheffield and Coventry were lost in the Falklands War to enemy action. (This was the first conflict when surface warships of the same design have been on opposite sides since World War II, when four Flower-class corvettes built for France in 1939 were taken over by the Kriegsmarine in 1940.) The final ship of the class (Edinburgh) decommissioned on 6 June 2013. One Argentine Navy ship (Hércules) remains in service, the other vessel (Santísima Trinidad) sank whilst alongside in Puerto Belgrano Naval Base in early 2013.

When the Type 82 air-defence destroyers were cancelled along with the proposed CVA-01 carrier by the Labour Government of 1966, the Type 42 was proposed as a lighter and cheaper design with similar capabilities to the Type 82. The class is fitted with the GWS30 Sea Dart surface-to-air missile first deployed on the sole Type 82 destroyer, Bristol. The Type 42s were also given a flight deck and hangar to operate an anti-submarine warfare helicopter, greatly increasing their utility compared to the Type 82, which was fitted with a flight deck but no organic aviation facilities.

The design was budgeted with a ceiling of £19 million per hull, but soon ran over-budget. The original proposed design (£21 million) was similar to the lengthened 'Batch 3' Type 42s. To cut costs, the first two batches had 47 feet removed from the bow sections forward of the bridge, and the beam-to-length ratio was proportionally reduced. These early, batch 1 Type 42s performed poorly during the contractor's sea trials particularly in heavy seas, and the hull was extensively examined for other problems. Batch 2 vessels (Exeter onwards) embodied better sensors fits, and slight layout modifications. The ninth hull, Manchester, was lengthened in build, as part of an extensive design review. This proved a better hull form at sea and later hulls were built to this specification, although minor equipment and hull layout changes made the remaining ships all unique in their own way. Strengthening girders were later designed into the weather deck structure in the batch 1 and 2 ships, and the batch 3 ships received an external 'strake' to counter longitudinal cracking.

"Mickey Mouse" ears

The first of class, Sheffield, was initially fitted with the odd-looking "Mickey Mouse" ears on her funnel tops which were in fact exhaust deflectors - "Loxton bends" - for the Rolls Royce Olympus TM1A gas turbines, to guide the high-temperature exhaust efflux sidewards and minimise damage to overhead aerials. As this provided a prominent target for the new infrared homing missiles, only Sheffield and both the Argentinian Hércules and Santísima Trinidad had these 'ears'. All subsequent Olympus and Tyne uptakes were fitted with 'cheese graters' which mixed machinery space vent air with the engine exhaust to reduce infrared signatures.

Remaining Type 42s

The surviving Argentine Type 42, Hércules, is based at Puerto Belgrano, Argentina and has been converted into an amphibious command ship through the addition of a new aft superstructure and hangar. It was fitted with Exocet missile launchers, but as of today there are no Exocet launchers aboard. The other Argentine vessel, Santísima Trinidad, capsized and sank alongside her berth at Puerto Belgrano on 22 January 2013, reportedly as a result of poor maintenance and negligence leading to a burst seawater main and catastrophic flooding.^[7] In December 2015, she was refloated and placed in drydock for a cosmetic restoration. Once complete, she will be put in a dry berth on display as a museum ship.

Prior to her demise, Santísima Trinidad was extensively cannibalised for spare parts for her more active sister ship.

Design details

The Type 42 destroyer was built to fill the gap left by the cancellation of the large Type 82 destroyer. It was intended to fulfil the same role, with similar systems on a smaller and more cost-effective hull. The ships are primarily carriers for the GWS-30 Sea Dart surface-to-air missile system. The first batch were limited by obsolete 965 or 966 surveillance radar which was slow processing and lacked an effective moving-target indicator for over-land tracking. A very cramped operations room^[8] slowed the work rate and made early Type 42s, notably the lead ship Sheffield, very difficult to fight. Although often described as obsolete, the Type 42 still proved effective against modern missile threats during the 1991 Gulf War.

The Type 42 is also equipped with a 4.5 inch Mark 8 naval gun and earlier vessels shipped six Ships Torpedo Weapon System (STWS) torpedo launchers. Two Vulcan Phalanx Mk 15 close-in weapon systems (CIWS) were fitted to British Type 42s in way of the carried 27-foot whaler and Cheverton launch after the loss of Sheffield to an Exocet missile. There have been three batches of ships, batch 1 and 2 displacing 4,820 tonnes and batch 3 (sometimes referred to as the Manchester class) displacing 5,200 tonnes. The batch 3 ships were heavily upgraded, though the proposed Sea Wolf systems upgrades were never fitted. Because of their more general warfare role, both Argentine ships were fitted with the MM38 Exocet, and not with a CIWS.

The electronics suite includes one Type 1022 D band long-range radar with Outfit LFB track extractor or one Type 965P long-range air surveillance radar, one Type 996 E band/F band 3D radar for target indication with Outfit LFA track extractor or type 992Q surface search, two Type 909 I/J-band fire-control radars and an Outfit LFD radar track combiner.

All ships were propelled by Rolls Royce TM3B Olympus and Rolls Royce RM1C Tyne marinised gas turbines, arranged in a COGOG (combined gas or gas) arrangement, driving through synchronous self-shifting clutches into a double-reduction, dual tandem, articulated, locked-train gear system and out through two five-bladed controllable pitch propellers. All have four Paxman Ventura 16YJCAZ diesel generators, each generating 1 megawatt of three-phase electric power (440 V 60 Hz).

Availability and use of the Type 42

This class was originally conceived to be a stopper for long-range strategic bombers from the former Soviet long range aviation and as area defence for carrier battle groups. As world political climates shifted, so too the role of the Type 42 followed. The class reached its operational zenith during the Falklands War with seven ships partaking in Operation Corporate and the immediate aftermath. The Type 42 provided a capable, if limited, long range reach against Argentine air force assets, confirming three kills. With their weaknesses exposed - Sheffield was hit and disabled by a long-range first generation air-to surface missile and sank six days later, Coventry was sunk by conventional iron bombs and Glasgow was disabled by a single bomb which passed straight through her aft engine room without exploding - an extensive rethink was conducted and future iterations in and out of build and refit contained better upgrades, but limited by the Type 42s now ageing overall design. Later uses included Gulf War 1, when Gloucester struck and eliminated a large, land-based surface to surface missile with her Sea Dart missile system. More often than not, Type 42s were called upon to carry out fleet contingency ship duties, West Indies counter drugs operations and Falkland Islands patrol, NATO Mediterranean and Atlantic task group operations and Persian Gulf patrols. There was essentially no task this ship class was not engaged in over its forty-year collective career. As far as value-for-money is concerned, notwithstanding its ability to burn fifteen tonnes per hour of marine diesel at top speed and a large, cramped ships' company, this class provided the UK with considerable ability during a very changeable political, economic and military background of change. The deployment of Type 23s in lieu of Type 42s to high-intensity mission areas became more prevalent as serviceability and reliability issues dogged Type 42s availability, as has obsolescence of their combat and machinery system equipment. The 2010 Strategic Defence and Security Review sounded a death knell for these venerable warships and they have all been decommissioned and in most cases scrapped.

Construction programme

Pennant	Name	(a) Hull builder	Ordered	Laid down	Launched	Accepted into service[Note 1]	Commissioned	Estimated building cost[Note 2]
Royal Navy – batch 1
D80	Sheffield	Vickers Shipbuilders Ltd, Barrow-in-Furness.[5]	14 November 1968[5]	15 January 1970[5]	10 June 1971[5]	16 February 1975[5][9]	16 February 1975[10][Note 3]	£23,200,000[11]
D86	Birmingham	Cammell Laird & Co, Birkenhead.[5]	21 May 1971[5]	28 March 1972[5]	30 July 1973[5]	26 November 1976[12]	3 December 1976[10]	£31,000,000[13]
D87	Newcastle	Swan Hunter Ltd, Wallsend-on-Tyne.[5]	11 November 1971[5]	21 February 1973[5]	24 April 1975[5]	25 February 1978[9]	23 March 1978[10]	£34,600,000[9]
D118	Coventry	Cammell Laird & Co, Birkenhead.[5]	21 May 1971[5]	29 January 1973[5]	21 June 1974[5]	20 October 1978[9]	10 November 1978[10]	£37,900,000[9][14]
D88	Glasgow	Swan Hunter Ltd, Wallsend-on-Tyne.[5]	11 November 1971[5]	16 April 1974[5]	14 April 1976[5]	9 March 1979[9]	24 May 1979[10]	£36,900,000[9][14]
D108	Cardiff	Vickers Shipbuilders Ltd, Barrow-in-Furness (to launching stage) Swan Hunter Ltd, Hebburn (for completion).[14]	10 June 1971[5]	6 November 1972[5]	22 February 1974[5]	22 September 1979[5][9]	24 September 1979[10]	£40,500,000[15][Note 4]
Royal Navy – batch 2
D89	Exeter	Swan Hunter Ltd, Wallsend-on-Tyne.[5]	22 January 1976[5]	22 July 1976[5]	25 April 1978[5]	30 August 1980[5][9]	19 September 1980[10]	£60,100,000[9][14]
D90	Southampton	Vosper Thornycroft Ltd, Woolston.[5]	17 March 1976[5]	21 October 1976[5]	29 January 1979[5]	17 August 1981[5][9]	31 October 1981[10]	£67,500,000[9]
D92	Liverpool	Cammell Laird & Co, Birkenhead.[5]	27 May 1977[5]	5 July 1978[5]	25 September 1980[5]	12 May 1982[5][9]	1 July 1982[10]	£92,800,000[9]
D91	Nottingham	Vosper Thornycroft Ltd, Woolston.[5]	1 March 1977[5]	6 February 1978[5]	18 February 1980[5]	22 December 1982[5][9]	14 April 1983[10]	£82,100,000[9]
Royal Navy – batch 3
D95	Manchester	Vickers Shipbuilders Ltd, Barrow-in-Furness.[5]	10 November 1978[5]	19 May 1978[5]	24 November 1980[5]	19 November 1982[5][9]	16 December 1982[10]	£110,000,000[9]
D98	York	Swan Hunter Ltd, Wallsend-on-Tyne.[5]	25 April 1979[5]	18 January 1980[5]	21 June 1982[5]	25 March 1985[16]	9 August 1985	£118,700,000[16]
D96	Gloucester	Vosper Thornycroft Ltd, Woolston.[5]	27 March 1979[5]	29 October 1979[5]	2 November 1982[5]	16 May 1985[16]	11 September 1985	£120,800,000[16]
D97	Edinburgh	Cammell Laird & Co, Birkenhead.[5]	25 April 1979[5]	8 September 1980[5]	13 April 1983[5]	25 July 1985[16]	17 December 1985	£130,600,000[16]
Armada Republica Argentina – batch 1
D1	Hércules	Vickers Shipbuilders Ltd, Barrow-in-Furness.[5]	18 May 1970[5]	16 June 1971[5]	24 October 1972[5]	10 May 1976[5]	12 July 1976[5]
D2	Santísima Trinidad	AFNE, Rio Santiago, Argentina.[5]	18 May 1970[5]	11 October 1971[5]	9 November 1974[5]		1 July 1981

In May 1982, the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Jerry Wiggin) stated that the current replacement cost of a Type 42 destroyer of the Sheffield class was "about £120 million."^[17] In July 1984, the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (John Lee) stated: "the average cost of the three Type 42 destroyers currently under construction is £117 million at 1983–84 price levels."^[18]

Running costs

Not including major refits and upgrades

Date	Running cost	What is included	Citation
1981–82	£10.0 million	Average annual running cost of Type 42s at average 1981–82 prices and including associated aircraft costs but excluding the costs of major refits.	[19]
1985–86	£15 million	The average cost of running and maintaining a type 42 destroyer for one year.	[20]
1987–88	£7 million	The average annual operating costs, at financial year 1987–88 prices of a type 42 destroyer. These costs include personnel, fuel, spares and so on, and administrative support services, but exclude new construction, capital equipment, and refit-repair costs.	[21]
2001–02	£13.0 million	Type 42 destroyer, average annual operating costs, based on historic costs over each full financial year. The figures include manpower, maintenance, fuel, stores and other costs (such as harbour dues), but exclude depreciation and cost of capital.	[22]
2002–03	£13.5 million

Including refits and upgrades

Date	Running cost	What is included	Citation
2007–08	£31.35 million	"The annual operating cost of the Type 42 Class of Destroyers, covering a total of eight vessels in the 07/08 period, is £250.8M." "This is based on information primarily from Financial Year 07/08 the last year for which this information is available, and includes typical day-to-day costs such as fuel and manpower and general support costs covering maintenance, repair and equipment spares. Costs for equipment spares are also included, although these are based on Financial Year 08/09 information as this is the most recent information available. Costs for weapon system support are not included as they could only be provided at disproportionate cost."	[23]
2009–10	£26.7 million	"The average running cost per class... Type 42 is £ 160.1 million. These figures, based on the expenditure incurred by the Ministry of Defence in 2009–10, include maintenance, safety certification, military upgrades, manpower, inventory, satellite communication, fuel costs and depreciation.".	[24]

In May 2000, the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (John Spellar) stated: "The running costs of each of the Royal Navy's Type 42 destroyers for each of the past five years are contained in the following table. This includes repair and maintenance, manpower, fuel and other costs such as port and harbour dues. Year-on-year variations are largely attributable to refit periods."^[25]

Ship	1995–96	1996–97	1997–98	1998–99	1999–2000	Citation
Birmingham	£32.28 million	£16.92 million	£17.38 million	£13.38 million	£10.39 million	[25]
Newcastle	£32.60 million	£31.60 million	£18.57 million	£13.90 million	£13.73 million	[25]
Glasgow	£14.70 million	£29.47 million	£26.36 million	£13.61 million	£12.65 million	[25]
Cardiff	£19.86 million	£41.2 million	£28.86 million	£13.20 million	£17.87 million	[25]
Exeter	£19.46 million	£15.72 million	£40.83 million	£12.76 million	£14.48 million	[25]
Southampton	£16.53 million	£20.37 million	£17.91 million	£39.09 million	£18.79 million	[25]
Nottingham	£18.70 million	£17.24 million	£19.08 million	£13.08 million	£32.74 million	[25]
Liverpool	£16.92 million	£20.75 million	£14.59 million	£14.79 million	£14.63 million	[25]
Manchester	£17.99 million	£19.40 million	£14.58 million	£12.22 million	£12.69 million	[25]
Gloucester	£19.33 million	£19.40 million	£13.89 million	£21.49 million	£15.77 million	[25]
York	£20.48 million	£19.79 million	£17.50 million	£11.78 million	£21.88 million	[25]
Edinburgh	£35.27 million	£19.29 million	£22.50 million	£13.00 million	£12.28 million	[25]

Availability

In February 1998, the Minister of State for Defence, Dr Reid said: "Type 42 destroyers achieved approximately 84 to 86 per cent average availability for operational service in each of the last five years. This discounts time spent in planned maintenance."^[26]

Fate of ships

Pennant	Name	Home port	Commissioned	Status
Royal Navy
Batch 1
D80	Sheffield	Portsmouth	16 February 1975	Sunk in Falklands War 4 May 1982
D86	Birmingham	Portsmouth	3 December 1976	Decommissioned 31 December 1999	Scrapped October 2000
D88	Glasgow	Portsmouth	25 May 1977	Decommissioned 1 February 2005	Scrapped December 2008
D87	Newcastle	Portsmouth	23 March 1978	Decommissioned 1 February 2005	Scrapped November 2008
D118	Coventry	Portsmouth	20 October 1978	Sunk in Falklands War 25 May 1982
D108	Cardiff	Portsmouth	24 September 1979	Decommissioned 14 July 2005	Scrapped November 2008
Batch 2
D89	Exeter	Portsmouth	18 September 1980	Decommissioned 27 May 2009	Scrapped September 2011
D90	Southampton	Portsmouth	31 October 1981	Decommissioned 12 February 2009[27]	Scrapped October 2011
D92	Liverpool	Portsmouth	9 July 1982	Decommissioned 30 March 2012	Scrapped October 2014
D91	Nottingham	Portsmouth	8 April 1983	Decommissioned 11 February 2010	Scrapped October 2011
Batch 3
D95	Manchester	Portsmouth	16 December 1982	Decommissioned 24 February 2011	Scrapped November 2014
D98	York	Portsmouth	9 August 1985	Decommissioned 27 September 2012[28]	Scrapped August 2015
D96	Gloucester	Portsmouth	11 September 1985	Decommissioned 30 June 2011	Scrapped September 2015
D97	Edinburgh	Portsmouth	17 December 1985	Decommissioned 6 June 2013	Scrapped August 2015
Armada Republica Argentina
B-52	Hércules	Puerto Belgrano	12 July 1976	Active
D2	Santísima Trinidad	Puerto Belgrano	1 July 1981	Decommissioned in 2004. Intended to become a naval museum, but sank, as a result of negligence, off Puerto Belgrano on 22 January 2013.[7] She was refloated in December 2015 and moved to a drydock to begin her restoration as a museum ship.[29]	Undergoing a cosmetic restoration for preservation as a museum ship.

Replacement

The UK ships are all now decommissioned. By 2007 none of the batch 1 vessels remained in commission. Initially the UK sought to procure replacements first in collaboration with seven other NATO nations under the NFR-90 project and then with France and Italy through the Horizon CNGF programme. However, both these collaborative ventures failed and the UK decided to go it alone with a national project.^[30]

The UK Type 42s are succeeded by six Type 45 destroyers. Daring, Dauntless, Diamond, Dragon, Defender and Duncan are all in commission. The Type 42 class has always suffered from cramped accommodation, a problem for crew safety and comfort, and also when finding space for upgrades. The Type 45s are considerably larger, displacing 7,500 tonnes, compared to the Type 42 displacement of 3,600 tonnes.^[30]

Notes

1. The term used in Navy Estimates and Defence Estimates is "accepted into service". Hansard has used the term acceptance date. Leo Marriott in his various books uses the term "completed", as does Jane's Fighting Ships. These terms all mean the same thing: the date the Navy accepts the vessel from the builder. This date is important because maintenance cycles, etc. are generally calculated from the acceptance date.
2. "Unit cost, i.e. excluding cost of certain items (e.g. aircraft, First Outfits)." – Text from Defences Estimates
   "They do not include other costs, such as those for Government Furnished Equipment (GFE)—as they are not held centrally for each ship and could be provided only at disproportionate cost." Bob Ainsworth, Minister of State for the Armed Forces, 16 July 2008.
3. These two sources are in agreement about the dates vessels were commissioned, with the following exceptions:
   • Sheffield: Marriott 28 February 1975. Hansard 16 February 1975.
   • Glasgow: Marriott 25 May 1979. Hansard 24 May 1979.
   • Cardiff: Marriott 19 October 1979. Hansard 24 September 1979.
   • Nottingham: Marriott 8 April 1983. Hansard 14 April 1983.
   • Liverpool: Marriott 9 July 1982. Hansard 1 July 1982.
4. Moore, John Jane's Fighting Ships, 1982–83, pub Jane's Publishing Co Ltd, 1982, ISBN 0-7106-0742-3-page 553 said £40.4 million.
   Marriott, Leo Modern Combat Ships 3, Type 42, pub Ian Allan, 1985, ISBN 0-7110-1453-1-page 15 said £40.4 million.
   Aldrich, Richard James Intelligence, Defence, and Diplomacy: British Policy in the Post-War World. Taylor & Francis, pub 1994, ISBN 0-7146-4140-5 page 119 says: "One example of how delay in procurement programmes can raise costs is the construction of the Type-42 destroyer HMS Cardiff. Vickers Shipbuilders had originally intended to deliver the vessel in 1975 for a total cost of £15 million. Owing to difficulties in recruiting labourer to work on construction the ship was only completed in 1978 and cost double the original price (over £30 million)." On page 129 it gives the source of this cost data as: "Fourth Report from the Committee on Public Accounts, 1976–77 (H.C. 304), April 1977, pp xii–xiii and Q. 92."
   The cost quoted in Aldrich is from a source written before the completion of the vessel, and so is less complete than the cost quoted in Jane's and Marriott, which were written after completion of the vessel, and are nearly the same as the Hansard figure.

References

1. Sharpe, Richard, Jane's Fighting Ships 1992–93, pub Janes Information Group, 1992, ISBN 0-7106-0983-3, p696-7
2. Heyman, Charles The Armed Forces of the United Kingdom 1999–2000, pub Pen and Sword, 1998, ISBN 978-0-85052-621-9, P 40-41
3. Royal Navy (11 July 2013). "A Global Force 2012/13" (pdf). Newsdesk Media. ISBN 978-1-906940-75-1. Complement as of 24 April 2013
4. Marriott, Leo: Royal Navy Destroyers since 1945, ISBN 0-7110-1817-0, Ian Allan Ltd, 1989
5. Marriott, Leo Modern Combat Ships 3, Type 42, pub Ian Allan, 1985, ISBN 0-7110-1453-1-page 28.
6. Purvis,M.K., 'Post War RN Frigate and Guided Missile Destroyer Design 1944-1969', Transactions, Royal Institution of Naval Architects (RINA), 1974
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8. A Preston. Sea Combat off the Falklands. Willow Collins. (1982)London, p 112-113
9. Hansard: HC Deb 23 October 1989 vol 158 cc357-8W 357W Question to the Secretary of State for Defence regarding warship costs, 23 October 1989. This section is the first part of the table that is continued on Hansard: HC Deb 23 October 1989 vol 158 c360W .
10. 16 July 2008 : Column 452W Questions to Secretary of the State for Defence, 16 July 2008.
    Marriott, Leo Modern Combat Ships 3, Type 42, pub Ian Allan, 1985, ISBN 0-7110-1453-1-page 28.
11. Hansard: HC Deb 23 October 1989 vol 158 cc357-8W 357W Question to the Secretary of State for Defence regarding warship costs, 23 October 1989.
    Marriott, Leo Modern Combat Ships 3, Type 42, pub Ian Allan, 1985, ISBN 0-7110-1453-1-page 15.
    Moore, John Jane's Fighting Ships, 1982–83, pub Jane's Publishing Co Ltd, 1982, ISBN 0-7106-0742-3-page 553.
12. Hansard: HC Deb 23 October 1989 vol 158 cc357-8W 357W Question to the Secretary of State for Defence regarding warship costs, 23 October 1989 says 26 November 1976.
    Marriott, Leo Modern Combat Ships 3, Type 42, pub Ian Allan, 1985, ISBN 0-7110-1453-1-page 28 says October 1976.
13. Hansard: HC Deb 23 October 1989 vol 158 cc357-8W 357W Question to the Secretary of State for Defence regarding warship costs, 23 October 1989 says £31.0 million.
    Moore, John Jane's Fighting Ships, 1982–83, pub Jane's Publishing Co Ltd, 1982, ISBN 0-7106-0742-3-page 553 says £30.9 million.
14. Moore, John Jane's Fighting Ships, 1982–83, pub Jane's Publishing Co Ltd, 1982, ISBN 0-7106-0742-3-page 553.
15. Hansard: HC Deb 23 October 1989 vol 158 cc357-8W 357W Question to the Secretary of State for Defence regarding warship costs, 23 October 1989 says £40.5 million.
16. Hansard HC Deb 23 October 1989 vol 158 cc358-61W Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence, 23 October 1989.
17. Hansard HC Deb 27 May 1982 vol 24 c397W Question to the Secretary of State for Defence about the current replacement cost of a Type 42 destroyer of the Sheffield class., 27 May 1982
18. Hansard HC Deb 23 July 1984 vol 64 c534W Question to the Secretary of State for Defence about the latest cost estimate of aTtype 42 destroyer, 23 July 1984.
19. Hansard HC Deb 16 July 1982 vol 27 cc485-6W Question to the Secretary of State for Defence about operating costs of naval vessels, 16 July 1982.
20. Hansard HC Deb 22 January 1987 vol 108 c730W Question to the Secretary of State for Defence about operating costs of naval vessels, 22 January 1987.
21. Hansard HC Deb 10 March 1989 vol 148 c44W Question to the Secretary of State for Defence about operating costs of naval vessels, 10 March 1989.
22. Hansard HC Deb 09 September 2003 vol 410 cc346-7W Question to the Secretary of State for Defence 9 September 2003.
23. Hansard 9 Sep 2009, Column 2001W
24. 24 November 2010 Written Answers
25. Hansard HC Deb 22 May 2000 vol 350 cc318-9W Question to the Secretary of State for Defence about operating costs of naval vessels, 22 May 2000.
26. Hansard 5 Feb 1998 : Column: 762 Answer by Secretary of State for Defence, Dr Reid, 5 February 1998.
27. Daily Echo HMS Southampton bows out after 28 years
28. "BBC: Royal Navy's HMS York makes final Portsmouth return"
29. http://www.clarin.com/politica/Armada-Rusia-destructor-Trinidad-Malvinas_0_1487851453.html
30. "Providing Anti Air Warfare Capability: the Type 45 destroyer". National Audit Office. 13 March 2009. ISBN 978-0-10-295468-5. Retrieved 26 July 2011.

External links

• Royal Navy Type 42 destroyers website