HMS Kent (D12)

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Career

Ordered:
Laid down:	1 March 1960
Launched:	27 September 1961
Commissioned:	15 August 1963
Decommissioned:	1980
Fate:	Sold for scrap in 1998
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General Characteristics
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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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This article is about the destroyer. See HMS Kent for other ships of the same name.

HMS Kent (D12) was a County-class destroyer of the Royal Navy. She suffered a fire during refitting in 1976 but was repaired. Kent decommissioned in 1980 and became a static accommodation ship for Sea Cadets. She was paid off from this in 1987 and became a training hulk at Dartmouth until stricken in 1993. Kent was sold for scrap in 1998.