type 42

In "Rebuilding the Royal Navy" by D K Brown and "British Destroyers & Frigates" by N Friedman there are drawings of the study 381 ASW type 17 frigate and its half sister the study 382 the Type 42 AAW destroyer. Bother share a common hull form are bare a striking resemblance to the larger Type...

I am currently seeking any information on Type 42 coastal frigate (not to be confused with the later Type 42 i.e. the "Sheffield" class destroyer), which was designed in the early 1950s and was known as the "East Coast Gunboat". Reportedly its drawing was published in "Warship" 1995 (page 156)...