Clarke recalls an earlier conference display in response to a Type 31 model with an alternative radar fit. Its guns, sensors and other equipment could be swapped between configurations. His playful arrangement ended with five 76 mm guns. This was a way of exploring possible fits on a model, with no claim that the gun arrangement was an adopted ship design.
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Exploring alternative Type 31 weapons and sensors
An interchangeable Type 31 display model illustrates how different weapons and sensors can be explored on a common hull.