PLATFORM TYPE:   TYPE 42 CLASS DESTROYER (DDG)
PLATFORM NAME:   HMS BIRMINGHAM D 86
                 HMS NEWCASTLE D 87
                 HMS GLASGOW D 88
                 HMS CARDIFF D 108
                 HMS EXETER D 89
                 HMS SOUTHAMPTON D 90
                 HMS NOTTINGHAM D 91
                 HMS LIVERPOOL D 92
                 HMS MANCHESTER D 95
                 HMS GLOUCESTER D 96
                 HMS EDINBURGH D 97
                 HMS YORK D 98
                 HMS SHEFFIELD D 81

DESCRIPTION:     MULTI-ROLE PLATFORM DESIGNED TO ASSUME
                 OFFENSIVE AS WELL AS DEFENSIVE POSTURES.
SPEED:           29KTS
MANNING LEVEL:   253
DIMENSIONS:      412 x 47 x 19 FT
DISPLACEMENT:    4,100 TONS FULL LOAD
RANGE:           4,000 AT 18KTS
POWER PLANT:     2 GAS TURBINES 50,000 HP
                 2 GAS TURBINES 9,700 SHP
                 2 SHAFTS

SURFACE-TO-SURFACE MISSILES:
                 SEA DART SAM (LIMITED SURFACE-TO-SURFACE
                 CAPABILITIES)

SURFACE-TO-AIR MISSILES:
                 1 TWIN-ARMED SEA DART LAUNCHER
                 WITH 22 MISSILES PER MAGAZINE

GUNS:            1  4.5 IN (115mm) MK8
                 2 20mm ORELIKON SINGLE BARREL GUNS

TORPEDOES:       2 STWS TRIPLE TUBE MK1 LAUNCHERS FOR
                 MK44/46

RADARS:
    (AIR SRCH):        TYPE 1022/965
    (FIRE CTRL):       2 TYPE 909 FOR SEA DART
                       TYPE 992Q
    (SURFACE SRCH):    TYPE 992Q
                       TYPE 992R
    (NAVIGATION):      TYPE 1006

ELECTRONIC WARFARE SENSORS:
    (ESM):             UAA-1
    (ECM):             2 TYPE 670

COUNTERMEASURES:
                       2 CORVUS 8-BARRELED CHAFF LAUNCHERS

SONAR:
                       TYPE 184M HULL-MOUNTED SONAR
                       TYPE 162M SIDE-LOOKING BOTTOM
                       CLASSIFICATION

COMBAT DATA SYSTEMS:   TWIN SCOT SATELLITE AND ADAWS-4
                       COMMAND AND CONTROL SYSTEM

AIRCRAFT:              1 SEA LYNX

COUNTRY:               UK
COMMENTS:              THE HMS SHEFFIELD WAS SUNK 4 MAY, 1982
                       DURING THE FALKLANDS CAMPAIGN

 
