HMS Kent (D12)

	HMS Kent, c. 1963 (IWM)
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Kent
Namesake	Kent
Ordered	6 February 1957
Builder	Harland & Wolff, Belfast
Laid down	1 March 1960
Launched	27 September 1961
Commissioned	15 August 1963
Decommissioned	1980
Stricken	1993
Identification	Pennant number: D12
Fate	Sold for scrap in 1998
General characteristics
Class and type	County-class destroyer
Displacement	6,200 tons (6,800 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× Sea Slug GWS.2 twin-arm SAM launcher(36 missiles); 2× Sea Cat 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 Kent was a batch-1 County-class destroyer of the Royal Navy. She and her sisters were equipped with the Sea Slug Mk-1 medium-range surface-to-air missile SAM system, along with the short-range Sea Cat SAM, two twin 4.5-inch gun turrets, two single 20mm cannon, ASW torpedo tubes, and a platform and hangar that allowed her to operate one Wessex helicopter. The County class were large ships, with good seakeeping abilities and long range, and were ideal blue-water ships for their time.

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