Devon-class destroyers

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Devon-class destroyers
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Class Overview
Class type: Guided Missile Destroyer
Class name: Devon
Preceded by: Sussex
Succeeded by: N/A
Operated by: British Londinium
General Characteristics
Mass: 8,000 tons
Length: 152.4 m
Beam: 21.2 m
Draught: 5 m
Complement: 1 RAMC Curiatii aircraft, 190-235 officers and men
Powerplant: 2 Rolls-Royce / Northrop Grumman / DCN WR-21 gas turbines (21.5 MW), 2 Alstom electric motors (20 MW)
Weapons: SYLVER missile launcher, 48 x MBDA Aster missiles (Aster 15 and Aster 30), 2 x Phalanx 20 mm close-in weapons systems,1 xBAE Systems 114 mm (4.5 inch) Mk 8 mod 1 gun, 2 x Oerlikon 30 mm KCB guns on DS-30B mounts, NATO Seagnat countermeasures launchers, SSTDS underwater decoy
Electronics: SAMPSON multi-function air tracking radar, S1850M 3-D air surveillance radar, MFS-7000 sonar
Speed: 35+ knots