page_title: County-class destroyer
hierarchical_section_title: County-class destroyer
caption_attribution_description: "Royal Navy 'County' Class Destroyer "HMS KENT" in the Portsmouth Navy Yards in July 1989. Name: HMS Kent Ordered: 6 February 1957 Builder: Harland &amp; Wolff, Belfast Laid down: 1 March 1960 Launched: 27 September 1961 Commissioned: 15 August 1963 Decommissioned: 1980 Struck: 1993 Identification: Pennant number: D12 Fate: Sold for scrap in 1998 Class &amp; type: County-class destroyer Beam: 53 ft (16 m) Propulsion: COSAG (Combined steam and gas) turbines, 2 shafts Aircraft carried: 1 × Lynx or Wessex helicopter Camera: Olympus AZ-4 Zoom 35mm SLR.
context_page_description: The County class was a class of British guided missile destroyers, the first such warships built by the Royal Navy. Designed specifically around the Seaslug anti-aircraft missile system, the primary role of these ships was area air defence around the aircraft carrier task force in the nuclear-war environment.
  Eight ships were built and entered service. Two served in the British naval task force in the Falklands War in 1982. After leaving British service, four ships were sold to the Chilean Navy and one to the Pakistan Navy.
context_section_description: The County class was a class of British guided missile destroyers, the first such warships built by the Royal Navy. Designed specifically around the Seaslug anti-aircraft missile system, the primary role of these ships was area air defence around the aircraft carrier task force in the nuclear-war environment.
  Eight ships were built and entered service. Two served in the British naval task force in the Falklands War in 1982. After leaving British service, four ships were sold to the Chilean Navy and one to the Pakistan Navy.
caption: HMS Kent at Portsmouth in 1989
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