Kent

A real survivor this one, one of the last ships in UK waters with the old twin 4.5 inch turret before her demise in Nov 1997. Kent originally went on the disposal list in 1982 before being recommissioned as a sea cadet training ship in 1985, a role she operated in until Bristol took over in 1993.

The last RN ship capable of firing a broadside?

I suppose she was the last ship in RN posession which could deliver a broad side but as a commissioned warship I imagine that honour would go to one of the Tribals Ghurkha, Tartar or Zulu which decommissioned in 1984. Some might argue that the gun Leanders could deliver a broadside, but that would have been from only one twin turret.
Come to think of it what is the correct definition of a naval broadside? More than one barrel or more than one turret fireing?

broadside is all ie more than one being able to fire from the same side so single barrels did not count, tribals did and so did county class with the a and b turret...sadly leanders did not qualify....when you take the like of uss new jersey/missouri or mississippi the force pushed the ship the opposite way of the bearing being fired upon...just a quip what what

seen in this pic in the pocket of 3 basin where they all end up this is adjacent to what was 12 dock now part of vospers

I was reading some old navy news when back in the uk recently and remember an artical from 1992 claiming Ariadne fired the last official naval broadside.