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 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	1× Seaslug GWS.2 twin-arm SAM launcher(36 missiles); 2× Seacat GWS.21 twin-arm SAM launcher(60 missiles); 4× 4.5 in (114 mm) /45 DP (2× twin gunned turret); 2× 20 mm AA; 2× triple-tubes for 12¾ inch (324 mm) ASW torpedo;
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.

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