| Name: | BRISTOL |
| Type: | Destroyer |
| Keel: | 15/11/1967 |
| Launched: | 30/06/1969 |
| Completed: | 31/03/1973 |
| Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
| Yard: | Wallsend |
| Yard Number: | 2030 |
| Dimensions: | 6100disp - 7100disp, 507.0 x 55.0 x 22.5(draft)ft |
| Engines: | 2 x Geared steam turbines, plus 2 x Olympus gas turbines, 74000shp |
| Engines by: | Rolls Royce Ltd |
| Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 30.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Armament: | 1 x 4.5ins gun, 1 x 2 x Sea Dart SAM, Ikara AS missile, Limbo AS mortar |
| History: | |
| 31/03/1973 | British Royal Navy |
| In service | |
| Comments: | A Type 82 destroyer, the only one of an initial class of 4 that was built |
| 1982: Limbo well plated over to make a helicopter landing platform | |
| 1984: Ikara system removed | |
| 1987: Rest of her armament removed and converted into a permanent | |
| training ship with extra accommodation blocks added |
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