HMS Hampshire (D06)

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HMS Hampshire behind HMS Yarmouth (F101)
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Hampshire
Ordered	27 January 1956
Builder	John Brown & Company, Clydebank, Scotland
Laid down	26 March 1959
Launched	16 March 1961
Commissioned	15 March 1963
Decommissioned	1976[1]
Identification	Pennant number: D06
Fate	Sold for scrap in 1979
General characteristics [1]
Class and type	County-class destroyer
Displacement	6,200 long tons (6,300 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)[3]
Range	3,500 nmi (6,500 km; 4,000 mi) at 28 kn (52 km/h; 32 mph)
Complement	471[2]
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 classified as a guided missile destroyer, as the Sea Lords regarded the concept of the cruiser and big gun ship as discredited by the perceived failure of the Tiger class and the obsolescence 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 no armour around its gun and missile magazine.