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Type 82 Class of guided missile armed Destroyers were intended to be a
class of four to escort the Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft carriers.
However when the Carriers were cancelled, only the lead ship HMS Bristol was completed and used as a testbed for new weapons systems. The other three ships were cancelled. The weapons systems tested were, the Sea Dart Missile system, a new 4.5in gun, and the Anglo-Australian Ikara anti-submarine missile system. Bristol saw action during the 1982 Falklands War.
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