The primary role of the Type 42s was to provide area air defence for the ships they had to escort. With their long-range sensor fit they also could act as radar pickets, sailing ahead of a Task Group ...

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It marks a historic milestone for both the ship and the Royal Navy as it will be the last time a Type 42 destroyer deploys on operations as they make way for the new-generation Type 45 destroyers.

Type 42 production finished in the summer of 2015, overlapping nicely with the announcement earlier that year of the second-generation R8 which was powered by the V10 only, coming in either 540hp ...