HMS Norfolk (D21)

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HMS Norfolk
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Norfolk
Ordered	5 January 1965
Builder	Swan Hunter
Laid down	15 March 1966
Launched	16 November 1967
Commissioned	7 March 1970
Decommissioned	1981
Identification	Pennant number: D21
Fate	Sold to Chile on 6 April 1982
Chile
Name	Capitán Prat
Acquired	April 1982
Decommissioned	11 August 2006
Fate	Sold for scrap September 2008
General characteristics
Class and type	County-class destroyer
Displacement	6,200 tons 6,800 tons (full load)
Length	522 ft (159 m)
Beam	53 ft (16 m)
Draught	20 ft (6.1 m)
Propulsion	Combined steam and gas turbines, 2 shafts
Speed	32 knots (59 km/h)
Range	4,000 nautical miles (7,000 km) at 28 knots (52 km/h)
Capacity	470
Armament	2 × Twin 4.5-inch (113 mm) guns (1 pair removed after refit) 2 × 20 mm Oerlikon guns 1 × Twin Sea Slug launcher 2 × Quad Sea Cat missile launchers 4 × Exocet missile launchers (added after refit)
Aircraft carried	1 × Westland Wessex helicopter

HMS Norfolk (pennant D21) was a County-class destroyer of the Royal Navy. She was the fourth Group 2 and the last of the County-class built.

The fifth ship named Norfolk, she was laid down on 15 March 1966 by Swan Hunter and launched by Lavinia, Duchess of Norfolk on 16 November 1967. She was commissioned on 7 March 1970.

In 1982 she was sold to Chile and served in their navy as Capitán Prat until 2006 and subsequently sold for scrap.