D23 Avonmouth Docks 121181 JC063
HMS Bristol (D23) was a Type 82 destroyer, the only vessel of her class to be built for the Royal Navy. Length: 155 m
Ordered: 17 April 1963 Speed: 28 knots (52 km/h)
Fate: Harbour Training amp; Accommodation ship
Armament: Sea Dart, Ikara, 4.5 inch Mark 8 gun, Limbo
Honours and awards: Falklands 1982. Retired now used as Harbour Training amp; Accommodation ship, photographed at Port of Bristol (Avonmouth Docks), 12/11/81. ©John Chalcraft/Rail Photoprints