HMS Devonshire (D02)

HMS "Devonshire" (D02) was the first of the County-class destroyers and the first Batch 1 ship of the Royal Navy. The ship was built by Cammell Laird in Birkenhead near Liverpool. With a displacement of 5,440 tonnes (6,850 tonnes full load), "Devonshire" was named after the English county of Devon. She was launched on 10 June 1960 and delivered to the navy two years later.

The ship was involved in patrol duties in the Persian Gulf and the Caribbean, but was not involved in any armed conflict of the United Kingdom. Like the other first batch of County Class ships, "Devonshire" was fitted with the Sea Slug anti aircraft missile defence system.

"Devonshire" was decommissioned under defence cuts in 1978. Laid up in Portsmouth harbour for six years, the ship was sunk by Sea Harriers as a target on 17 July 1984 in the North Atlantic.

See also

* List of ship launches in 1960
* List of ship commissionings in 1962
* List of ship decommissionings in 1978
* List of shipwrecks in 1984

Her name was also used in the James bond film "Tomorrow Never Dies"