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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 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.
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.
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. A.
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.
County-class destroyer, a post–World War II class of guided missile destroyers; County-class cruiser, pre–World War II class of heavy cruiser; The County class of Great Western Railway locomotives, were both a class of 4-4-0 locomotives built between 1904 and 1912 and a class of 4-6-0 locomotives built between 1945 and 1947
L and M class — 16 ships; Town class — 50 ships from three classes of United States Navy destroyers, transferred 1940; World War II War Emergency Programme classes. O and P class — 16 ships; Q and R class — 16 ships; S and T class — 16 ships; U and V class — 16 ships; W and Z class — 16 ships; C class — 32 ships; Battle class ...
County-class destroyers of the Pakistan Navy (2 P) Pages in category "County-class destroyers" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total.