D96 Gloucester (Type 42 Manchester Class Batch 3)


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Laid down 29th October 1979
Launched 2nd November 1982
Completed N/A
Commissioned 11th September 1985
Fate In service with Royal Navy
Builders Vosper Thornycroft, Woolston
United Kingdom
Complement 273
Dimensions
Displacement 4100 tons std
5300 tons max
Dimensions 462' 9" x 48' 9"
Draught 19'
Armament
Main guns 1 x Mk8 4.5"
Secondary guns As built:
2 x 30mm GCM
Refitted:
2 x 20mm Oerlikons
Torpedo tubes 6 x 12.75" STWS2 (2 x 3)
Other weapons As built:
SAM:
2 x SeaDart (1 x 2)
Guns:
2 x 20mm Oerlikons

Refitted:
SAM:
2 x SeaDart (1 x 2)
CIWS:
2 x Vulcan Phalanx
Countermeasures Type 182 towed decoy
2 x Corvus decoy launchers
4 x Sea Gnat decoy launchers
Armour N/A
Aircraft Facilities
Aircraft 1 x Westland Lynx
Flightdeck N/A
Hangar N/A
Catapults None
Arrestor system None
Aviation fuel N/A
Electronics Fit
Radar Type 1022 air search
Type 996 search
Type 909 fire control
Type 1006 navigation
Sonar Type 2050 active
Type 162M classification
ECM N/A
Other N/A
Machinery
Engines COGOG
2 x Rolls Ryce Olympus TM3B gas turbines
2 x Rolls Royce Tyne RM1C gas turbines
Power output 54450shp Olympus
10600shp Tyne
Speed 18kts Tyne
29kts Olympus
Shafts 2
Range 4500NM @ 18kts
Fuel N/A

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