Last RN Triple Stacker to be retired.
Discussion
One of the "what ifs", sadly it was the only member of its class, the Type 82 Destroyer HMS Bristol lowered its ensign for the last time.
Designed as an anti-air and anti-submarine escort for the carriers cancelled in the 1966 Defence Review it became a bit of a white elephant. It served as a test bed for several weapons systems and served in the Falklands Campaign in 1982.
It has not left port for almost 3 decades - being a training vessel for generations of naval officers and sea cadets.
Sadly it looks like it's going to be razor blades - there are no plans to preserve it.
SD.
Designed as an anti-air and anti-submarine escort for the carriers cancelled in the 1966 Defence Review it became a bit of a white elephant. It served as a test bed for several weapons systems and served in the Falklands Campaign in 1982.
It has not left port for almost 3 decades - being a training vessel for generations of naval officers and sea cadets.
Sadly it looks like it's going to be razor blades - there are no plans to preserve it.
SD.
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