HMS Hampshire (D06)
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| Career |  |
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| Ordered: | |
| Laid down: | 26 March 1959 |
| Launched: | 16 March 1961 |
| Commissioned: | 15 March 1963 |
| Decommissioned: | 1976 |
| Fate: | Sold for scrap in 1979 |
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| Beam: | 53 ft |
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| Propulsion: | COSAG (Combination of Steam and Gas) turbines, 2 shafts |
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| Aircraft: | one Lynx or Wessex |
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HMS Hampshire (D06) was a County-class destroyer of the Royal Navy. She was decommissioned in 1976 and cannibalised for spares to feed her sister ships. Hampshire was sold for scrap in 1979.
[edit] See also
- HMS Hampshire for other ships of the same name.
- List of ship launches in 1961
- List of ship commissionings in 1963
- List of ship decommissionings in 1976
| County-class destroyer |
| Devonshire | Hampshire | London | Kent | Fife | Glamorgan | Antrim | Norfolk |
List of destroyers of the Royal Navy |
