HMS Kent (D12)
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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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Propulsion: | COSAG (Combination of Steam and Gas) turbines, 2 shafts |
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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.
See HMS Kent for other ships of the same name.
County-class destroyer |
Devonshire | Hampshire | London | Kent | Fife | Glamorgan | Antrim | Norfolk |
List of destroyers of the Royal Navy |