November 2002. The Red Sea. Photo from the archives of A. Andreev.

Country: United Kingdom.
Class, [Type]: Type 42C, [DDG]
Homeport: Portsmouth.

Callsign: GBBB (     )

Builder: Swan Hunter, U.K.
Laid down date: 18 January 1980.
Launch date: 20 June 1982.
Commission date: 9 August 1985.
Decommission date: 27 September 2012.

Displacement ( tons ): 4100 standard, 5200 full load.
Dimensions ( metres ): 141 x 15 x 5,8.
Main machinery: COGOG: 2 x RR Olympus TM3B gas turbines ( 50000 hp ), 2 x RR Tyne RM1C gas turbines ( 9900 hp ).
Speed ( knots ): 30.
Range ( miles ): 4000 at 18 knots.
Complement: 287 ( 27 officers ).

Guns: 1 x 1 114mm Mk8, 2 x 6 GE/GD Vulcan Phalanx Mk15 CIWS 20mm.
Missiles: SAM: 1 x 2 Sea Dart ( 40 missiles ).
Torpedoes: 2 x 3 324mm Mk2.

Radars: Air: Type 1022; Air/Surface: Type 996; Navigation: Type 1007, 1008; Fire Control: 2 x Type 909.
Sonars: Type 2050, Type 182.
Countermeasures: Decoys: 4 x Sea Gnat; Towed torpedo decoy Graseby Type 182; ESM/ECM: Type 675.
Helicopters: 1 x Lynx HMA8.