Overview

The Type 82 or Bristol-class destroyer was a 1960s guided missile destroyer design intended to replace County-class destroyers in the Royal Navy. Originally eight warships were planned to provide area air-defence for the planned CVA-01 aircraft carriers. They would also have been able to operate independently as modern cruisers "East of Suez".

Anti-aircraft capability was provided by the new Sea Dart missile system and the class also had anti-submarine capability. They were expected to serve as a group of four Type 82s forming the outer escort of the carrier with four "Broad Beam" Leander-class frigates as the inner escort.

The CVA-01s were all cancelled by 1966, eliminating one of the main roles for the class and removing the need for such a large warship. In its place a smaller design carrying Sea Dart for air defence entered service as the Type 42 destroyer. One Type 82, HMS Bristol, was ordered to act as a testbed for the various technologies to be used on future ships. Sometimes described as a "light cruiser", she was officially classified as a destroyer.

Aviation facilities:
Flight deck and no hangar

Aircraft carried
None (able to support heavy lift helicopters)

HMS Bristol D23

Builder

Swan Hunter & Tyne Shipbuilders Ltd

Laid down

15. November 1967

Launched

30. June 1969

Commissioned

31. March 1973

28. October 2020

Deckcode BS

No permanent Flight attached

History 

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