HMS Devonshire, guided missile destroyer

Jun. 06, 1960 - The Royal Navy's first guided Missile Destroyer: A cutaway drawing of the Royal Navy's first guided missile destroyer which will be launched and named Devonshire today by H.R.H, Princess Alexandra at the Birkenhead yard of Camel Laird and Company (Shipbuilders and Engineers Ltd) The Devonshire will be the first operational ship of the Royal Navy to be fitted operational ship of the Royal Navy to be fitted with both the Seaslug medium range ship to air guided missile and the Seacat, the short range ship to air weapon. Her 4.5 inch guns in twin mountings forward are radar controlled. During recent test firings of Seaslug, not fitted with warheads, four rounds out of seven were direct hits, the four rounds out of seven were direct hits, the remaining near misses would also have been successful. The Devonshire has a standard displacement of 5, 000 tons, nearly twice that of the modern Daring class ships which at the present time are the Navy's largest destroyers. Her overall length is 520 feet - 130 feet more than a Daring. Three other ships of the same class are being built. The Devoshire is expected to take her place in the Fleet early in 1962, and her sister ships by spring of 1963. (The Key) (1) Seaslug Launcher (2) C.P.O's 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) after turbine room (16) fuel tanks

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Birkenhead Boiler Controlled Crews Cutaway Daring Destroyer Destroyers Devonshire Direct Displacement Enclosed Expected Firings Fitted Gearing Guidance Guided H.r.h Hits Homing Inch Inflatable Laird Launched Launcher Mess Misses Missile Mountings Nearly Operational Overall Radar Rafts Recent Remaining Rounds Seacat Seaslug Stowage Tons Torpedo Tubes Turbine Twice Warheads Wessex

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