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HMS Norfolk (pennant D21) was a County-class destroyer of the Royal Navy. She was the fourth Group 2 and the last of the County-class built. The fifth ship named Norfolk, she was laid down on 15 March 1966 by Swan Hunter and launched by Lavinia, Duchess of Norfolk on 16 November 1967.
HMS Norfolk (1757) was a 74-gun third rate launched in 1757 and broken up in 1774. HMS Norfolk (78) was a County-class heavy cruiser launched in 1928 and was scrapped in 1950. HMS Norfolk (D21) was a County-class destroyer launched in 1967. She was sold to Chile in 1982, and renamed Capitán Prat. She was decommissioned in 2006 and sold for scrap.
Norfolk is the county of Nelson's birth, and the important 19th-century ports of Great Yarmouth and King's Lynn. Three of the ships' names have been subsequently re-used: HMS London was a Type 22 frigate. HMS Kent and HMS Norfolk were used for RN Type 23 frigates though in their case after British dukedoms.
HMS Norfolk (D21), a County-class destroyer of the Royal Navy; HMS Quickmatch (D21), a Q-class destroyer of the Royal Navy; HMS Shah (D21), a Ruler-class escort aircraft carrier of the Royal Navy; HMS Wryneck (D21), a W-class destroyer of the Royal Navy; Spanish destroyer Lepanto (D21), a Fletcher-class destroyer of the Spanish Navy
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737 NAS was assigned to operate from Helicopter Support Ship RFA Engadine and later, from the flight decks of the eight County Class guided missile destroyers, including HMS Glamorgan (D19), HMS Antrim (D18) and HMS Norfolk (D21). 737 Squadron supported flights on these destroyers in addition to providing aircrew training at RNAS Portland.
HMS Norfolk was an 80-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy. She was built at Southampton and launched on 28 March 1693, and was the first ship to bear the name. She was rebuilt at Plymouth according to the 1719 Establishment, and was re-launched on 21 September 1728. Instead of carrying her armament on two decks as she had done ...
English: County-class destroyers HMS Antrim (D18), HMS Norfolk (D21) and HMS London (D16) in the English Channel after taking part in joint exercises with the RAF in the Atlantic, North Sea and Norwegian Sea. Prince Charles was serving aboard the Norfolk at this time. December 1971 (IWM HU 129723)