HMS Devonshire (D02)
HMS Devonshire during Portsmouth Navy Day, 1980 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| 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 & 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 |
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| Aircraft carried | 1× Lynx or Wessex helicopter |
| Aviation facilities | Flight deck and enclosed hangar for embarking one helicopter |
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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.