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The County class was a class of British guided missile destroyers, the first such warships built by the Royal Navy. Designed specifically around the Seaslug anti-aircraft missile system, the primary role of these ships was area air defence around the aircraft carrier task force in the nuclear-war environment.
HMS Glamorgan was a County-class destroyer of the Royal Navy with a displacement of 5,440 tonnes. The ship was built by Vickers-Armstrongs in Newcastle Upon Tyne and named after the Welsh county of Glamorgan. [2] She was launched on 9 July 1964, and was delivered to the Royal Navy two years later.
HMS Kent was a batch-1 County-class destroyer of the Royal Navy.She and her sisters were equipped with the Sea Slug Mk-1 medium-range surface-to-air missile SAM system, along with the short-range Sea Cat SAM, two twin 4.5-inch gun turrets, two single 20mm cannon, ASW torpedo tubes, and a platform and hangar that allowed her to operate one Wessex helicopter.
Flight deck and enclosed hangar for embarking one helicopter HMS Antrim was a County-class destroyer of the British Royal Navy launched on 19 October 1967. In the Falklands War , she was the flagship for the recovery of South Georgia , participating in the first ever anti-submarine operation successfully conducted exclusively by helicopters.
HMS Hampshire was a County-class destroyer of the Royal Navy.Laid down, in March 1959 a couple of weeks behind the class leader Devonshire, she was classified as a guided missile destroyer, as the Sea Lords regarded the concept of the cruiser and big gun ship as discredited by the perceived failure of the Tiger class and the obsolescence of the heavy gun.
HMS Devonshire was the first of the County-class destroyers and the first Batch 1 ship of the Royal Navy. The ship was built by Cammell Laird in Birkenhead near Liverpool. With a displacement of 6,200 tons full load, Devonshire was named after the English county of Devon. She was launched on 10 June 1960 and delivered to the navy two years later.
London was one of two County-class destroyers ordered under the British Admiralty's 1956–57 shipbuilding programme. [1] She was laid down at Swan Hunter's Wallsend, Tyne and Wear shipyard on 26 February 1960 [2] and launched by Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester on 7 December 1961. [3] The ship was completed on 14 November 1963. [2]
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