Boats - Sailing - Ships

May 05, 1959 - British Official Photograph, Admiralty. Issued by the central office of information. crown copyright reserved. Model of Royal Navy's guided Missile Ship: A view of the starboard quarter of a model of one of the Royal Navy's guided missile ships, two of which have already been laid down, while the building of a third will be started later this year. These ships will be the first to join the Fleet fitted with the Sea slug surface-to-air missile and the launching ramp is fitted on the quarter deck. Launchers for the Sea cat missile designed for close air defence are located abreast the after funnel. The landing Space for the helicopter carried by this class of ship is at the after end of the Upper deck. The four guided missile ships at present planned will bear the names of Hampshire, Devonshire, Kent and London. They will be propelled by combined steam and gas turbine machinery of exceptionally light and compact design, enabling the amount of fighting equipment carried to be increased

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Abreast Admiralty Amount Combined Compact Devonshire Enabling Exceptionally Fitted Funnel Guided Increased Issued Join Laid Launchers Launching Missile Names Planned Propelled Ramp Slug Starboard Surface-to-air Turbine

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