Prospects for preserving a Type 45 destroyer

Will a Type 45 be preserved when Type 83 enters service?

No preservation plan was identified at the time of the broadcast, and the class's routine service record was considered a difficult basis for saving one.

No plan to preserve a Type 45 was identified in this November 2025 discussion, and the prospect was considered doubtful. The class had done sustained work on lower-level duties. That record lacked the major-war association that could make the case for preservation easier to explain.