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|Name='''Type 43 Destroyer''' |
|Name='''Type 43 Destroyer''' |
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|Builders=[[BAE Systems Surface Ships]] |
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|Operators=[[Image:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg|20px|left|Royal Navy Jack]] Royal Navy |
|Operators=[[Image:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg|20px|left|Royal Navy Jack]] Royal Navy |
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|Class before=[[Type 42 destroyer|Type 42]] |
|Class before=[[Type 42 destroyer|Type 42]] |
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|Subclasses=Type 44 |
|Subclasses=Type 44 |
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|Cost=£370M - £460M per ship |
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|Built range=Starting 2018 |
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|In service range=Starting 2023 |
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|Total ships planned=8 |
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Revision as of 14:37, 12 July 2014
Class overview | |
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Name | Type 43 Destroyer |
Builders | BAE Systems Surface Ships |
Operators | Royal Navy |
Preceded by | Type 42 |
Subclasses | Type 44 |
Cost | £370M - £460M per ship |
Built | Starting 2018 |
In service | Starting 2023 |
Planned | 8 |
General characteristics | |
Notes | Programme cancelled 1981. |
The Type 43 was a proposed destroyer class for the Royal Navy. It was intended to follow on from the Type 42 but armed with the Sea Dart Mark II missile. The primary role of the Type 43 was to protect a task force from air-launched missile attack. There were two proposed variants - the small variant and the large variant. The project advanced to feasibility design before being cancelled in 1981.
Small Variant
The design for the small variant Type 43 resembled a Type 42 with one twin Sea Dart launcher forward and directors fore and aft.
Large Variant
The design for the large variant Type 43 had one twin Sea Dart launcher forward and one twin dart Sea Dart launcher aft with four directors. With launchers at both ends the flight deck was relocated midships between the two superstructure blocks. The helicopter hangar would have room for one Merlin or two Lynx helicopters.
Type 44
The Type 44 was proposed as a similar to the small variant Type 43, but with enhanced anti-submarine capability.
Cancellation
The Type 43/44 programme was cancelled by the Secretary of State for Defence John Nott in the 1981 defence review.
References
- "Rebuilding the Royal Navy: Warship design since 1945", D.K Brown & George Moore, Chatham Publishing, 2003, ISBN 1-86176-222-4
- "British Destroyers & Frigates: The Second World War and After", Norman Friedman, Greenhill Books, 2006, ISBN 1-86176-137-6