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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.
Blanco Encalada class — 2 ships and 1 spare ship, ex-Fletcher class; Serrano class — 4 ships, ex-Buckley class; Ministro Zenteno class — 2 ships, ex-Allen M. Sumner class; Prat class — 4 ships, ex-County class
In 1913, lettered names were given to all Royal Navy destroyers, previously known after the first ship of that class. The River or E class of 1913 were the first destroyers of the Royal Navy with a high forecastles instead of "turtleback" bow making this the first class with a more recognizable modern configuration.
Pages in category "County-class destroyers of the Royal Navy" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Gladiator (G-class destroyer in the novel Killing Ground by Douglas Reeman) Jubilee (minesweeper in Nicholas Monsarrat's unfinished final novel The Master Mariner) Lomond (leader of a flotilla of fictional V and W-class destroyers in the novel The Destroyers by Douglas Reeman)
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. She was commissioned on 7 March 1970.
USS Arleigh Burke (DDG-51) This is a list of destroyers of the United States Navy, sorted by hull number.It includes all of the series DD, DL, DDG, DLG, and DLGN. CG-47 Ticonderoga and CG-48 Yorktown were approved as destroyers (DDG-47 and DDG-48) and redesignated cruisers before being laid down; it is uncertain whether CG-49 Vincennes and CG-50 Valley Forge were ever authorized as destroyers ...
Daring-class destroyer (1949) [7]-Last RN primarily gun armed destroyers; County-class destroyer [8]-First RN Guided-missile destroyers; Type 42 destroyer [9]-In service 1975 to 2013; HMS Bristol (D23) [10] - Served from 1973 to 1991.