HMS Hampshire

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.

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guided missile destroyer, County-class guided missile destroyer, Royal Navy, John Brown & Company, 

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Location: KML, Cluster Map, Maps,

1963-03-15T00:00:00Z

1963-03-15T00:00:00Z

1963 HMS Hampshire

1959-03-26T00:00:00Z

1959-03-26T00:00:00Z

keel laying

1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

ship decommissioning

1963-03-15T00:00:00Z

1963-03-15T00:00:00Z

ship commissioning

1961-03-16T00:00:00Z

1961-03-16T00:00:00Z

ship launching

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Frameless

Open Ship zur Kieler Woche 1974 (Kiel 4.365)

Beleuchtete Schiffe an der Tirpitzmole zur Kieler Woche 1974 (Kiel 57.118)

HMS Hampshire (27516082238)

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
commons	image		Open Ship zur Kieler Woche 1974 (Kiel 4.365)		Commons
commons	image		Beleuchtete Schiffe an der Tirpitzmole zur Kieler Woche 1974 (Kiel 57.118)		Commons
commons	image		HMS Hampshire (27516082238)		Commons