County-class destroyer

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The County-class destroyer was a class of guided-missile destroyers built for the Royal Navy during the Cold War, notable for being the first British warships designed specifically to carry surface-to-air missiles.

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Label Occurrences
County-class destroyer canonical 2
County-class destroyers 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Royal Navy ship class
class of warship
guided-missile destroyer class
builtFor Royal Navy
conflict Cold War
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
designedAs missile destroyer
designedFor surface-to-air missile capability
designedToCarry guided missiles
surface-to-air missiles
era post-World War II
hasArmament anti-ship missiles
anti-submarine weapons
guns
surface-to-air missiles
hasHullClassification destroyer
hasPrimaryMission air defence of fleet units
hasPropulsion steam turbine
hasSecondaryMission anti-submarine warfare
surface warfare
navalRole air-defence destroyer
fleet escort
navy Royal Navy
notableFor first British warships designed specifically to carry surface-to-air missiles
operator Royal Navy
serviceBranch Royal Navy
shipType guided-missile destroyer
timePeriod Cold War era
usedBy Royal Navy

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Type 42 destroyer precededBy County-class destroyer
HMS Sheffield (D80) precededBy County-class destroyer
Royal Navy destroyers hasSubclass County-class destroyer
this entity surface form: County-class destroyers