Leaving Portsmouth harbour 20-02-08

HMS Edinburgh (D97)

Laid down: 8th September 1980 Launched: 14th April 1983 Commissioned: 17th December 1985
Builders: Cammel Laird, Birkenhead United Kingdom Complement: 273
Dimensions
Displacement: 4100 tons std 5300 tons max Dimensions: 462' 9" x 48' 9" Draught: 19'
Armament
Main guns1 x Mk8 4.5" Secondary guns As built: 2 x 30mm GCM
Refitted
2 x 20mm Oerlikons Torpedo tubes: 6 x 12.75" STWS2 (2 x 3)
As built
SAM: 2 x SeaDart (1 x 2) Guns: 2 x 20mm Oerlikons
Other weapons: Refitted: SAM:2 x SeaDart (1 x 2) CIWS: 2 x Mk15 Phalanx
Countermeasures: Type 182 towed decoy 2 x Corvus decoy launchers
4 x Sea Gnat decoy launchers
Aircraft Facilities: Aircraft: 1 x Westland Lynx
Electronics Fit:
Radar: Type 1022 air search Type 996 search Type 909 fire control
Type 1006 navigation
Sonar Type 2050 active Type 162M classification
Machinery
EnginesCOGOG2 x Rolls Ryce Olympus TM3B gas turbines 2 x Rolls Royce Tyne RM1C gas turbines Power output 54450shp Olympus 10600shp TyneSpeed 18kts Tyne29kts Olympus
Shafts2Range4500NM @ 18kts.