HMS Hampshire (D06)
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HMS Hampshire was a County-class destroyer of the Royal Navy. Laid down, in March 1959 a couple of weeks behind the class leader Devonshire, she was classified as a guided missile destroyer, as the Se
HMS Hampshire behind HMS Yarmouth (F101)
Seacat (missile)
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Seacat is a British short-range surface-to-air missile system intended to replace the ubiquitous Bofors 40 mm gun aboard warships of all sizes. It was the world's first operational shipboard point-def
HMS Hampshire (D06)
…Seaslugs could be carried horizontally in a magazine that ran much of the length of the ship. Close-in anti-aircraft protection was provided by a pair of Seacat (missile) launchers, while two twin QF 4.5 inch Mark V gun mounts were fitted forward. A helicopter deck and hangar allowed a single Westland Wessex helicopter…
A Seacat missile being fired from the Netherlands frigate HNLMS Evertsen
GWS-20 Seacat launcher aboard HMS Cavalier
Seacat launcher and GWS-22 director on HMNZS Wellington, a Leander-class frigate. The orange dome houses the antenna for transmitting commands to the missile
Tigercat three-missile launcher, with inert training round (right) and transit covers in place