Type 23 frigates as the Royal Navy's Burke-era comparison

Which Royal Navy ships would have to remain in service to match the original Arleigh Burke's service era?

Type 23 frigates entered service at about the same time. Continuing their construction is suggested as a way Britain could have sustained its shipyards.

The Type 23 Duke class entered service around the same time as the original Arleigh Burke. The dates given for the first Type 23 are a 1987 launch and 1990 commissioning. Marlborough provides an even closer comparison, with a 1989 launch and 1991 commissioning. Type 45 destroyers belong to a substantially later generation. Continued Type 23 construction is proposed as a counterfactual that could have sustained British shipyards and left the Royal Navy in a different position. Matching the American example would require both long service and a continuing construction programme.