Preceded by:
Daring (1952)Succeeded by:
Bristol (Type 82) (1973) | | |
| Class | County (1) | County (2) |
| Type | Guided Missile Destroyer | Guided Missile Destroyer |
| Year | 1962 | 1966 |
| Crew | 440-471 | 440-471 |
| Dimensions | ||
| Length | 153.9 m (pp) 158.9 m | 153.9 m (pp) 158.9 m |
| Beam | 16.4 m | 16.4 m |
| Draught | 6.2 m | 6.2 m |
| Displacement | ||
| Empty | 6,200 t | 6,200 t |
| Loaded | 6,800 t | 6,800 t |
| Performance | ||
| Speed | 60 km/h | 60 km/h |
| Range | 6,482 km @ 52 km/h | 6,482 km @ 52 km/h |
| Machinery | ||
| Shafts | 2 | 2 |
| Turbines | 2 x Geared steam 30,000 hp AEI 2 x Gas turbine 30,000 hp G6 | 2 x Geared steam 30,000 hp AEI 2 x Gas turbine 30,000 hp G6 |
| Boilers | 2 x Babcock & Wilcox | 2 x Babcock & Wilcox |
| Fuel | Oil: 600 t | Oil: 600 t |
| Armament | ||
| Main | 4 x 114-mm/45 (2 x 2) QF 4.5"/45 Mk. V -15° / +80° | 4 x 114-mm/45 (2 x 2) QF 4.5"/45 Mk. V -15° / +80° |
| Anti-Aircraft | 2 x 20-mm (2 x 1) Oerlikon | 2 x 20-mm (2 x 1) Oerlikon |
| AA Weapons | Sea Slug (1 x 2) Sea Cat GWS.21 (2 x 4) | Sea Slug Mk. 2 (1 x 2) Sea Cat GWS.22 (2 x 4) |
| Armor | ||
| Armor | None | None |
| Sensors | ||
| Radar | Type 965 (AKE-1) Type 277/278 Type 992/993 Type 901 Type 903/904 | Type 965 (AKE-2) Type 277/278 Type 992Q/993 Type 901 Type 903/904 |
| Sonar | Type 170 Type 174/177 | Type 170 Type 184 |
| Production | ||
| Built | 4 | 4 |
| Total | 8 |
| Ship | Code | Builder | Laid | Launch | Comm | Decomm | Fate | ||
| County (1): | |||||||||
|
Devonshire | D02 | Cammell Laird | 09/03/1959 | 10/06/1960 | 15/11/1962 | 1978 | Sunk as target | |
|
Hampshire | D06 | John Brown | 26/03/1959 | 16/03/1961 | 15/03/1963 | 1976 | Sold/Scrapped | |
|
London | D16 | Swan Hunter | 26/02/1960 | 07/12/1961 | 14/11/1963 | 12/1981 | Transferred | |
|
Kent | D12 | Harland & Wolff | 01/03/1960 | 27/09/1961 | 15/08/1963 | 1980 | Sold/Scrapped | |
| County (2): | |||||||||
|
Fife | D20 | Fairfield | 31/05/1962 | 09/07/1964 | 21/06/1966 | 06/1987 | Transferred | |
|
Glamorgan | D19 | Vickers-Armstrong | 13/09/1962 | 09/07/1964 | 13/10/1966 | 1986 | Transferred | |
|
Antrim | D18 | Fairfield | 20/01/1966 | 10/10/1967 | 14/07/1970 | 1984 | Transferred | |
|
Norfolk | D21 | Swan Hunter | 15/03/1966 | 16/11/1967 | 07/03/1970 | 1981 | Transferred | |
| Ship | Code | Former | Code | Comm | Decomm | Fate | |||
 |
Capitán Prat | 11 | |
Norfolk | D21 | 06/04/1982 | 11/08/2006 | Sold/Scrapped | |
|
Almirante Cochrane | 12 | |
Antrim | D18 | 22/06/1984 | 07/12/2006 | Sold/Scrapped | |
|
Almirante Latorre | 14 | |
Glamorgan | D19 | 09/1986 | 1998 | Sunk under tow | |
|
Almirante Blanco Encalada | 15 | |
Fife | D20 | 12/08/1987 | 12/12/2003 | Sold/Scrapped | |
 |
Babur | C84 | |
London | D16 | 24/03/1982 | 1993 | Sold/Scrapped |
