Albatros
ALK 081 Bristol
$ 51.00
New 1/1250 scale waterline model of the British destroyer HMS Bristol by Albatros (ALK 081) as in 1972.
HMS Bristol D23 is a Type 82 destroyer. Originally intended to be the first of a class of four large missile destroyers to escort the planned CVA-01 aircraft carriers. With the cancelation of CVA-01 all the other Type 82 destroyers were canceled- only Bristol was completed. She had a long career including fighting in the Falklands War and is currently a training ship moored at Whale Island, Portsmouth.
| Name: | Bristol |
| Ordered: | 17 April 1963 |
| Builder: | Swan Hunter, Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom |
| Laid down: | 15 November 1967 |
| Launched: | 30 June 1969 |
| Commissioned: | 31 March 1973 |
| Identification: | Pennant number: D23 |
| Honours and awards: |
Falklands 1982 |
| Fate: | Harbour Training & Accommodation ship |
| General characteristics | |
|---|---|
| Class and type: | Type 82 destroyer |
| Displacement: | 6,400 tonnes (standard), 7,100 tonnes (full) |
| Length: | 507 ft (155 m) |
| Beam: | 55 ft (17 m) |
| Draught: | 7.5 m (24 ft 7 in) |
| Propulsion: |
COSAG, 2 standard range geared steam turbines 30,000 hp (22,000 kW), 2 Bristol-Siddeley Olympus TM1A gas turbines 30,000 hp, 2 shafts, 2 boilers |
| Speed: | 28 knots (52 km/h) |
| Range: | 5,750 nautical miles (10,650 km) at 18 knots (33 km/h) |
| Complement: | 397 (30 officers) |
| Armament: | Sea Dart, Ikara, 4.5 inch Mark 8 gun, Limbo |
| Aircraft carried: | none |
| Aviation facilities: | flight deck |