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Name Official number Flag IMO
HAMPSHIRE    GBR   
Year built Date launched Date completed
1963  16/03/1961  15/03/1963 
Vessel type Vessel description
Naval Destroyer  Steel COSAG 2 Masts 
Builder Yard Yard no
John Brown & Co Ltd., Clydebank Clydebank  711 
 

Tonnage Length Breadth Depth Draft
 /  / 5300 disp 6900 fl 505 ft 520 oa  54 ft    20 ft 6 in 
Engine builder John Brown & Co Ltd., Clydebank
Engine detail
4 gas and 2 steam turbines driving twin screws. COSAG. 60,000shp. 32.5 knots.
Yarrow Engineers (Glasgow) Ltd supplied the four Metrovick G6 gas turbines.  

First owner First port of register Registration date
The Admiralty     
Other names
 
Subsequent owner and registration history
 
Vessel history
Guided Missile Destroyer, County Class - D.06

1976 Paid off 7 years early and cannibalised for spares 
Remarks
 
End year Fate / Status
1979  Broken Up 28/04/1979 
Disposal Detail
Arrived at T. Ward for breaking up at Briton Ferry. 
 

 

Trials
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Commissioning
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Gourock 1975
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Gourock 1975
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Rosyth
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HMS HAMPSHIRE
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HMS HAMPSHIRE
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