HMS Hampshire (D06)
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HMS Hampshire behind HMS Yarmouth (F101)
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Name | HMS Hampshire |
Ordered | 27 January 1956 |
Builder | John Brown & Company, Clydebank, Scotland |
Laid down | 26 March 1959 |
Launched | 16 March 1961 |
Commissioned | 15 March 1963 |
Decommissioned | 1976[1] |
Identification | Pennant number: D06 |
Fate | Sold for scrap in 1979 |
General characteristics [1] | |
Class and type | County-class destroyer |
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Beam | 54 ft (16 m) |
Draught | 20 ft 6 in (6.25 m) |
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Range | 3,500 nmi (6,500 km; 4,000 mi) at 28 kn (52 km/h; 32 mph) |
Complement | 471[2] |
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Aircraft carried | 1 × Wessex helicopter |
HMS Hampshire was a
Construction and design
Hampshire was one of two County-class destroyers ordered under the
Hampshire was 521 feet 6 inches (158.95 m)
A twin launcher for the Seaslug anti-aircraft missile was fitted aft.[8] The Seaslug GWS1 was a beam riding missile which had an effective range of about 19 mi; 31 km.[4] Up to 39 Seaslugs could be carried horizontally in a magazine that ran much of the length of the ship.[9][10] Close-in anti-aircraft protection was provided by a pair of Seacat (missile) launchers, while two twin QF 4.5 inch Mark V gun mounts were fitted forward. A helicopter deck and hangar allowed a single Westland Wessex helicopter to be operated.[1]
A Type 965 long-range air-search
Operational service
On 18 June 1963, Hampshire interrupted trials, to host the burial at sea of Admiral Cunningham, off the Nab Tower, near the Isle of Wight.[12] In March 1964, as part of efforts to reinforce British forces in the Far East in response to the escalating Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation, Hampshire left Britain, arriving at Singapore on 13 April.[13][14]
From her third Commission in 1967 Hampshire flew the flag of the Flag Officer,
Decommissioning and disposal
In the late 1960s there were plans to upgrade Hampshire and sister destroyers armed with Seaslug Mk 1, with Seaslug Mk 2 and a digital combat system being fitted, but the upgrade of Hampshire and Devonshire was cancelled on 31 March 1967 because of the amount of the time the ships would be out of the operational fleet, with the remaining two upgrades cancelled in 1968.[16]
In 1976 she was the first of the County-class destroyers to be decommissioned. This was at a time the
Commanding officers
Notable commanding officers include R A Trowbridge from 1967-1969 and R P Clayton between 1969 and 1970.
In media
The Hampshire appears in the UFO episode "Destruction", as it is used to secretly place sealed tanks filled with lethal gas from an unnamed war under water.
References
- ^ a b c d e f g Gardiner & Chumbley 1995, p. 508
- ^ a b Blackman 1971, p. 346
- ^ Moore 1985, p. 621
- ^ a b c Friedman 2008, p. 192
- ^ "Royal launching of Hampshire: Navy's Second Guided Missile Destroyer Launched by Princess Margaret". Navy News. April 1964. p. 1. Retrieved 26 August 2018.
- ^ Colledge & Warlow 2006, p. 154
- ^ Marriott 1989, pp. 102, 110
- ^ a b Marriott 1989, p. 110
- ^ Friedman 2008, p. 188
- ^ Marriott 1989, p. 102
- ^ Marriott 1989, p. 105
- ^ McCart 2014, pp. 37, 40
- ^ McCart 2014, pp. 41–42
- ^ Roberts 2009, pp. 49–50
- ^ a b HMS Hampshire (D06), HMS Hampshire 1967-1969 (cruise book), accessed January 2009
- ^ Friedman 2008, pp. 192–193
- ^ "HMS Hampshire". 30 May 2011.
- ^ "Gallery".
Bibliography
- Blackman, Raymond V. B. (1971). Jane's Fighting Ships 1971–72. London: Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd. ISBN 0-354-00096-9.
- ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.
- Friedman, Norman (2008). British Destroyers & Frigates: The Second World War and After. Barnsley, UK: Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84832-015-4.
- Gardiner, Robert; Chumbley, Stephen (1995). Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1947–1995. Annapolis, Maryland, USA: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-55750-132-7.
- Marriott, Leo (1989). Royal Navy Destroyers Since 1945. Shepperton, UK: Ian Allan. ISBN 0-7110-1817-0.
- McCart, Neil (2014). County Class Guided Missile Destroyers. Liskeard, UK: Maritime Books. ISBN 978-1904459637.
- Moore, John (1985). Jane's Fighting Ships 1985–86. London: Jane's Yearbooks. ISBN 0 7106-0814-4.
- Roberts, John (2009). Safeguarding the Nation: The Story of the Royal Navy. Barnsley, UK: Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84832-043-7.