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A late-1960s ASW conversion for the Daring class

The Daring hull could host missile and aviation ASW systems, but the conversion would require sacrificing its original gun-centered layout.

Question

What would a late-1960s ASW conversion of the Daring class look like, and was it considered?

Short answer

It would likely trade gun armament for Ikara and a helicopter facility, with HMAS Vampire offering clues to plausible alterations, though none was adopted as a standard conversion.

Notes

Various Daring conversion ideas were considered, but the intensive ASW rebuild imagined in the question was not carried out. Ikara is the suggested missile system, with a helicopter platform offered more tentatively. Gun armament would be removed as part of that change. Vampire is named as a place to see some alterations relevant to the possibility, although the question's other comparison is unclear and receives no identifiable treatment.