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[Steve Ellwood]

HMS Bristol - D23 heading into A&P's Hebburn Yard for dry docking that will last for some 6 months giving the Warship another 15 years life. Photographed on 5th November 2010 from Swan Hunters Wallsend Yard, North East England.

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Displacement: 7,000 tons
Length: 507 ft (155 m)
Beam: 55 ft (17 m)
Draught: 7.5 m

Propulsion:
COSAG, 2 standard range geared steam turbines 30,000 hp (22,000 kW), 2 Bristol Siddeley Olympus TM1A gas turbines 30,000 hp, 2 shafts, 2 boilers

Speed: 28 kt (52 km/h)
Range: 5,750 nautical miles (10,650 km) at 18 kt (33 km/h)

Complement: 397(30 officers)

Armament: Sea Dart, Ikara, 4.5 inch (114 mm) Mark 8 naval gun, Limbo.