HMS Hampshire (D06)

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HMS Hampshire
HMS Hampshire
Career (UK) RN Ensign
Name: HMS Hampshire
Laid down: 26 March 1959
Launched: 16 March 1961
Commissioned: 15 March 1963
Decommissioned: 1976
Fate: Sold for scrap in 1979
General characteristics
Class and type: County class destroyer
Beam: 53 feet (16 m)
Draught: 20 feet 5 inches (6.2 m)
Propulsion: COSAG (Combined steam and gas) turbines, 2 shafts
Aircraft carried: 1 × Lynx or Wessex helicopter

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.

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