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Jun. 06, 1960 - A cutaway drawing of H.M.S Devonshire, the first guided missile destroyer of Britain's Royal Navy, launched this month: (1) Seaslug Launcher, (2) Chief Petty officer Mess, (3) Wessex anti-submarine helicopter, (4) crews dining hall, (5) missile-guidance radar, (6) missile stowage, (7) Seacat close range anti-aircraft missile, (8) homing anti-submarine torpedo tubes, (9) inflatable life rafts, (10) enclosed bridge, (11) 4.5 twin gun mountings, (12) gas turbine room, (13) gearing room, (14) boiler room, (15) steam turbine room, and (16) fuel tanks. With a standard displacement of over 5, 000 tons (nearly twice that of Britain's present largest destroyers), Devonshire has an overall length of 520 rt. She will be the first Royal Navy operational vessel to be fitted with both the Seaslug, medium-range ship-to-air guided missile, and the Seacat, short-range ship-to-air weapon
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