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 |