March 1997. The Odessa. Photo by A. Andreev.

Country: United Kingdom.
Class, [Type]: Type 42A, [DDG].

Builder: Cammell Laird and Company, Limited, Birkenhead, U.K.
Launch date: 30 July 1973.
Commission date: 3 December 1976.
Decommission date: 31 December 1999.

Displacement ( tons ): 3500 standard, 4800 full load.
Dimensions ( metres ): 125 x 14,3 x 5,8.
Main machinery: COGOG: 2 x RR Olympus TM3B gas turbines ( 50000 hp ), 2 x RR Tyne RM1A gas turbines ( 4100 hp ).
Speed ( knots ): 29.
Range ( miles ): 4000 at 18 knots.
Complement: 287 ( 27 officers ).

Guns: 1 x 1 114mm Mk8, 2 x 1 Oerlikon/BMARC GAM-B01 20mm, 2 x 6 GE/GD Vulcan Phalanx Mk15 CIWS 20mm.
Missiles: SAM: 1 x 2 Sea Dart.
Torpedoes: 2 x 3 324mm Mk2.

Radars: Air: Type 965; Air/Surface: Type 992; Navigation: Type 975; Fire Control: Type 901, MRS-3.
Sonars: Type 2016, Type 162M.
Countermeasures: Decoys: 4 x Sea Gnat; ESM/ECM: Type 675.
Helicopters: 1 x Lynx HMA8.