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| History | |
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 United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Norfolk |
| Ordered | 5 January 1965 |
| Builder | Swan Hunter |
| Laid down | 15 March 1966 |
| Launched | 16 November 1967 |
| Commissioned | 7 March 1970 |
| Decommissioned | 1981 |
| Identification | Pennant number: D21 |
| Fate | Sold to Chile on 6 April 1982 |
 Chile | |
| Name | Capitán Prat |
| Acquired | April 1982 |
| Decommissioned | 11 August 2006 |
| Fate | Sold for scrap September 2008 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | County-class destroyer |
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| Length | 522 ft (159 m) |
| Beam | 53 ft (16 m) |
| Draught | 20 ft (6.1 m) |
| Propulsion | Combined steam and gas turbines, 2 shafts |
| Speed | 32 knots (59 km/h) |
| Range | 4,000 nautical miles (7,000 km) at 28 knots (52 km/h) |
| Capacity | 470 |
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| Aircraft carried | 1 × Westland Wessex helicopter |
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.
In 1982 she was sold to Chile and served in their navy as Capitán Prat until 2006 and subsequently sold for scrap.