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HMS Devonshire (D02)

Index HMS Devonshire (D02)

HMS Devonshire was the first of the destroyers and the first Batch 1 ship of the Royal Navy. [1]

31 relations: Air-launched cruise missile, Atlantic Ocean, Birkenhead, Cammell Laird, Caribbean Sea, Combined steam and gas, Destroyer, Devon, Egypt, England, Fleet review (Commonwealth realms), Flight deck, George Cunningham Leslie, Hangar, List of ship commissionings in 1962, List of ship decommissionings in 1978, List of ship launches in 1960, List of shipwrecks in 1984, Liverpool, Pennant number, Persian Gulf, Peter Buchanan (Royal Navy officer), Portsmouth, QF 4.5-inch Mk I – V naval gun, Royal Navy, Seacat (missile), Seaslug (missile), Spithead, Tigerfish (torpedo), Westland Lynx, Westland Wessex.

Air-launched cruise missile

An air-launched cruise missile (ALCM) is a cruise missile that is launched from a military aircraft.

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Atlantic Ocean

The Atlantic Ocean is the second largest of the world's oceans with a total area of about.

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Birkenhead

Birkenhead is a town within the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral in Merseyside, England.

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Cammell Laird

Cammell Laird is a British shipbuilding company.

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Caribbean Sea

The Caribbean Sea (Mar Caribe; Mer des Caraïbes; Caraïbische Zee) is a sea of the Atlantic Ocean in the tropics of the Western Hemisphere.

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Combined steam and gas

Combined steam and gas (COSAG) is a propulsion system for ships using a combination of steam turbines and gas turbines to power the shafts.

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Destroyer

In naval terminology, a destroyer is a fast, maneuverable long-endurance warship intended to escort larger vessels in a fleet, convoy or battle group and defend them against smaller powerful short-range attackers.

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Devon

Devon, also known as Devonshire, which was formerly its common and official name, is a county of England, reaching from the Bristol Channel in the north to the English Channel in the south.

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Egypt

Egypt (مِصر, مَصر, Khēmi), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and southwest corner of Asia by a land bridge formed by the Sinai Peninsula.

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England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.

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Fleet review (Commonwealth realms)

A fleet review is a traditional gathering of ships from a particular navy to be observed by the reigning monarch or his or her representative, a practice allegedly dating back to the 15th century.

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Flight deck

The flight deck of an aircraft carrier is the surface from which its aircraft take off and land, essentially a miniature airfield at sea.

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George Cunningham Leslie

George Cunningham Leslie CB OBE was a senior Royal Naval officer, joined the Royal Navy in 1938.

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Hangar

A hangar is a closed building structure to hold aircraft, or spacecraft.

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List of ship commissionings in 1962

The list of ship commissionings in 1962 includes a chronological list of all ships commissioned in 1962.

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List of ship decommissionings in 1978

The list of ship decommissionings in 1978 includes a chronological list of all ships decommissioned in 1978.

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List of ship launches in 1960

The list of ship launches in 1960 includes a chronological list of all ships launched in 1960.

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List of shipwrecks in 1984

The list of shipwrecks in 1984 includes all ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1984.

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Liverpool

Liverpool is a city in North West England, with an estimated population of 491,500 in 2017.

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Pennant number

In the Royal Navy and other navies of Europe and the Commonwealth of Nations, ships are identified by pennant number (an internationalisation of pendant number, which it was called before 1948).

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Persian Gulf

The Persian Gulf (lit), (الخليج الفارسي) is a mediterranean sea in Western Asia.

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Peter Buchanan (Royal Navy officer)

Vice Admiral Sir Peter William Buchanan KBE FNI MRIN (14 May 1925 – 23 November 2011) was a Royal Navy officer who became Naval Secretary.

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Portsmouth

Portsmouth is a port city in Hampshire, England, mainly on Portsea Island, south-west of London and south-east of Southampton.

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QF 4.5-inch Mk I – V naval gun

The QF 4.5 inch gun has been the standard medium-calibre naval gun used by the Royal Navy as a medium-range weapon capable of use against surface, aircraft and shore bombardment targets since 1938.

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Royal Navy

The Royal Navy (RN) is the United Kingdom's naval warfare force.

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Seacat (missile)

Seacat was a British short-range surface-to-air missile system intended to replace the ubiquitous Bofors 40 mm gun aboard warships of all sizes.

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Seaslug (missile)

Seaslug was a first generation surface-to-air missile designed by Armstrong Whitworth (later part of the Hawker Siddeley group) for use by the Royal Navy.

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Spithead

Spithead is an area of the Solent and a roadstead off Gilkicker Point in Hampshire, England.

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Tigerfish (torpedo)

The Mk 24 Tigerfish torpedo was a heavyweight acoustic homing torpedo used by the Royal Navy (RN) for several years.

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Westland Lynx

The Westland Lynx is a British multi-purpose military helicopter designed and built by Westland Helicopters at its factory in Yeovil.

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Westland Wessex

The Westland Wessex was a British-built turbine-powered development of the Sikorsky H-34.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Devonshire_(D02)

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