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HMS Devonshire during Portsmouth Navy Day, 1980
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History | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name | HMS Devonshire |
Ordered | 24 January 1956 |
Builder | Cammell Laird |
Laid down | 9 March 1959 |
Launched | 10 June 1960 |
Commissioned | 15 November 1962 |
Decommissioned | 1978 |
Identification | Pennant number: D02 |
Fate | Sunk as a target on 17 July 1984 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | County-class destroyer |
Displacement | 6,200 tons full load |
Length | 158.6 m (520 ft 4 in) |
Beam | 53 ft (16 m) |
Draught | 20 ft (6.1 m) |
Propulsion | COSAG (Combined steam and gas) turbines, 2 shafts |
Speed | 31.5 knots (58.3 km/h) |
Range | 3,500 nautical miles (6,500 km) |
Complement | 470 |
Armament |
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Aircraft carried | 1× Lynx or Wessex helicopter |
Aviation facilities | Flight deck and enclosed hangar for embarking one helicopter |
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.