County-class Destroyer

Ships of the Royal Navy
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Overview

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.

Eight ships were built and entered service. Two served in the British naval task force in the Falklands War in 1982. After leaving British service, four ships were sold to the Chilean Navy and one to the Pakistan Navy.

Aviation facilities:
Flight deck and enclosed hangar for embarking one helicopter

Aircraft carried
1× Wessex HAS.1, later HAS.3

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HMS Devonshire D02 (Batch 1)

Builder

Cammell Laird, Birkenhead

Laid down

9. March 1959

Launched

10. June 1960

Commissioned

15. November 1962

Decommissioned

1978
Identification Pennant D02

Deckcode DV
Helicopter Ship's Flight
Mar. 1962 - Oct. 1964		 Wessex HAS.1
829 NAS
Mar. 1965 - Jun. 1965		 Wessex HAS.1
829 NAS
Jun. 1965 - Sep. 1968		 Wessex HAS.1
737 NAS
Mar. 1971 - Jul. 1978		 Wessex HAS.3
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HMS Hampshire D06 (Batch 1)

Builder

John Brown & Company, Clydebank

Laid down

26. March 1959

Launched

16. March 1961

Commissioned

15. March 1963

Decommissioned

1976
Identification Pennant D09

Deckcode HA
Helicopter Ship's Flight
Feb. 1963 - Nov. 1964		 Wessex HAS.1
829 NAS
Dec. 1964 - Mar. 1967		 Wessex HAS.1
829 NAS
May 1967 - Jul. 1976		 Wessex HAS.1
829 NAS
Dec. 1967 - Jun. 1969		 Wessex HAS.1
829 NAS
Jul. 1969 - Jan 1970		 Wessex HAS.1
737 NAS, 106 Flight
May 1973 - Mar. 1976		 Wessex HAS.3
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HMS Kent D12 (Batch 1)

Builder

Harland & Wolff, Belfast

Laid down

1. March 1960

Launched

27. September 1961

Commissioned

15. August 1963
Decommissioned

1980
Identification Pennant D12

Deckcode KE
Helicopter Ship's Flight
Aug. 1963 - Nov. 1964		 Wessex HAS.1
829 NAS
Dec. 1964 - Jul. 1965		 Wessex HAS.1
829 NAS
Feb. 1966 - Jul. 1967		 Wessex HAS.1
829 NAS
Jan. 1968 - Jun. 1969		 Wessex HAS.3
737 NAS, 105 Flight
Mai 1972 - Jun. 1980		 Wessex HAS.3
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HMS London D16 (Batch 1)

Builder

Swan Hunter, Wallsend

Laid down

26. February 1960

Launched

7. December 1961

Commissioned

4. November 1963

Decommissioned

December 1981
Identification Pennant D16

Deckcode LN later LO
Helicopter Ship's Flight
Oct. 1963 - Nov. 1964		 Wessex HAS.1
829 NAS
Dec. 1964 - Aug. 1965		 Wessex HAS.1
829 NAS
Mar. 1966 - Jun. 1970		 Wessex HAS.1
737 NAS
Jul. 1970 - Jul. 1972		 Wessex HAS.1
737 NAS, 102 Flight
Jul. 1975 - Mar. 1980		 Wessex HAS.3
772 NAS, C Flight
Sep. 1980 - Dec. 1981		 Wessex HU.5
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HMS Fife D20 (Batch 2)

Builder

Fairfield Shipbuilding, Govan

Laid down

1. June 1962

Launched

9. July 1964

Commissioned

21. June 1966
Decommissioned

June 1987
Identification Pennant D20

Deckcode FF later FI
Helicopter 829 NAS
Nov. 1966 - Dec. 1968		 Wessex HAS.1
829 NAS
May 1969, Jun. 1970		 Wessex HAS.3
737 NAS
Jul. 1970 - Feb. 1971		 Wessex HAS.3
737 NAS, 103 Flight
Oct. 1971 - Aug. 1975		 Wessex HAS.3
737 NAS, 106 Flight
Apr. 1976 - Jan. 1980		 Wessex HAS.3
815 NAS, 223 Flight
Sep. 1982 - Jun. 1987		 Lynx HAS.2
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    829 NAS (1968) 737 NAS (1975)  
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HMS Glamorgan D19 (Batch 2)

Builder

 Vickers-Armstrongs, Newcastle

Laid down

 13. September 1962

Launched

 9. July 1964

Commissioned

 14. October 1966
Decommissioned 1986
Identification Pennant D19

Deckcode GL
Helicopter 829 NAS
May 1967 - Dec.1969		 Wessex HAS.1
737 NAS
Jun. 1970 - Oct. 1973		 Wessex HAS.3
737 NAS
May 1974 - May 1978		 Wessex HAS.3
737 NAS, 103 Flight
Mar. 1981, Aug. 1982		 Wessex HAS.3
815 NAS, 211 Flight
Mar. 1983 - Nov. 1984		 Lynx HAS.2
815 NAS, 208 Flight
Nov. 1983		 Lynx HAS.2
815 NAS, 228 Flight
Apr. 1986 - Aug. 1986		 Lynx HAS.2
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    737 NAS (1979)    
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HMS Antrim D18 (Batch 2)

Builder

Upper Clyde Shipbuilders, Govan

Laid down

20. January 1966

Launched

19. October 1967

Commissioned

14. July 1970

Decommissioned

1984
Identification Pennant D18 Deckcode AN
Helicopter 737 NAS, 100 Flight
Aug. 1970 - Aug. 1982		 Wessex HAS.3
772 NAS, 100 Flight
Aug. 1982 - Jan. 1984		 Wessex HAS.3
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    737 NAS (1980) 737 NAS (1982)  
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HMS Norfolk D21 (Batch 2)

Builder

Swan Hunter, Wallsend

Laid down

15. March 1966

Launched

16. November 1967

Commissioned

7. March 1970

Decommissioned

1981
Identification Pennant D21 Deckcode NF
Helicopter 737 NAS, 103 Flight
Sep. 1970 - Mar. 1983		 Wessex HAS.3
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