—
| HMS Hampshire (D06) | |
|---|---|
|
HMS Hampshire HMS Hampshire | |
| Career (UK) |  |
| Name: | HMS Hampshire |
| Ordered: | 27 January 1956 |
| Builder: | John Brown & Company, Clydebank, Scotland |
| Laid down: | 26 March 1959[1] |
| Launched: | 16 March 1961[1] |
| Commissioned: | 15 March 1963[1] |
| Decommissioned: | 1976[1] |
| Identification: | Pennant number: D06 |
| Fate: | Sold for scrap in 1979 |
| General characteristics [1] | |
| Class & type: | County-class destroyer |
| Displacement: |
5,200 long tons (5,300 t) normal 6,800 long tons (6,900 t) full load |
| Length: |
505 ft (154 m) pp 521 ft 6 in (158.95 m) oa |
| Beam: | 54 ft (16 m) |
| Draught: | 20 ft 6 in (6.25 m) |
| Propulsion: |
2 shaft COSAG (Combined steam and gas) turbines Geared steam turbines, 30,000 shp (22,000 kW) 4× G6 gas turbines, 30,000 shp (22,000 kW) |
| Speed: |
30 kn (56 km/h; 35 mph) (25 kn (46 km/h; 29 mph) steam only)[2] |
| Range: | 3,500 nmi (6,500 km; 4,000 mi) at 28 kn (52 km/h; 32 mph) |
| Complement: | 471[3] |
| Sensors and processing systems: |
Type 965 air search radar Type 277 height finder radar Type 992 target indication radar Type 901 Seaslug fire control radar Type 902/903 Seacat fire control radar Type 177 Sonar |
| Armament: |
4× 4.5 inch (114 mm) Mark 6 guns (2 twin turrets) 2 × mountings for Oerlikon 20 mm cannon 1 twin Seaslug surface to air missile launcher *2 × Quad GWS-21 Seacat short range surface to air missile launcher |
| Aircraft carried: | 1 × 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 classifed as a Guided Missile destroyer, as the Sea Lords regarded the concept of the Cruiser and big gun ship as discredited by the percieved failure of the Tiger class and the obsolesence of the heavy gun. The description of Guided Missile Destroyer seemed more likely to win approval from the Treasury and Government for an adequate number of warships the size of small cruisers which could play many traditional cruiser flagship and command functions but had armour around neither its gun or missile magazine. In the late 1960's there were plans to upgrade Hampshire and sister destroyers armed with Seaslug Mk 1 but this was rejected because of the amount of the time the ships would be out of the operational fleet. She was decommissioned in 1976 at a time the Labour Government was making severe defence cuts under pressure from the IMF. and cannibalised for spares to service her sister ships. Hampshire was sold for scrap in 1979.
See also[]
- List of ship launches in 1961
- List of ship commissionings in 1963
- List of ship decommissionings in 1976
References[]
Publications[]
- Blackman, Raymond V. B. (1971). Jane's Fighting Ships 1971–72. London: Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd. ISBN 0-354-00096-9.
- Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8. OCLC 67375475.
- Gardiner, Robert; Chumbley, Stephen (1995). Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1947–1995. Annapolis, Maryland, USA: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-55750-132-7.
- Moore, John (1985). Jane's Fighting Ships 1985–86. London: Jane's Yearbooks. ISBN 0 7106-0814-4.
.png){kind=link}
The original article can be found at HMS Hampshire (D06) and the edit history here.