What cancelling Type 83 would mean for destroyer development

What was the most striking naval-history fact learned that week?

That cancelling Type 83 could leave Britain without an active destroyer program for the first time in roughly 140 years.

Cancelling Type 83 could produce a break in Britain's destroyer programme. This is described as a possible first gap in roughly 140 years. An active programme includes design and development as well as ships under construction. The observation concerns the continuation of destroyer work, rather than the immediate disappearance of existing ships.