Country: United Kingdom.
Class, [Type]: Type 42A, [DDG].
Homeport: Portsmouth.
Callsign: GVUK ( )
Builder: Vosper Thornycroft, U.K.
Launch date: 29 June 1979.
Commission date: 31 October 1981.
Decommission date: 12 February 2009.
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, 4 x 1 Oerlikon 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 1006; Fire Control: 2 x Type 909.
Sonars: Type 2016, Type 162M.
Countermeasures: Decoys: 4 x 6 Sea Gnat; ESM/ECM: Type 675.
Helicopters: 1 x Lynx HMA8.