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Guided missile destroyer HMS Daring (D32)

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Classification

Ship class:
Daring-class destroyer (Type 45 destroyer)
Type:
Guided missile destroyer

Basic information

Namesake:
Carry the same names as members of the previous Daring-class destroyers of 1949 and D-class destroyers of the 1930s
Operator:
Royal NavyRoyal Navy
Country of build:
Builder:
BAE Systems Surface Ships
Ordered:
Laid down:
Launched:
Commissioned (service):
Status:
Active

Ship measurements

Displacement:
8,500 t
Length:
152.4 m
Beam:
21.2 m
Draft:
7.4 m

Machine

Propulsion:
  • 2 * Rolls-Royce WR-21 gas turbines, 21.5 MW (28,800 shp) each
  • 2 * Wärtsilä 12V200 diesel generators, 2 MW (2,700 shp) each
  • 2 shafts integrated electric propulsion with
  • 2 * GE Power Conversion, Advanced Induction Motors and VDM25000 Drives, 20 MW (27,000 shp) each
Speed:
30 knots
Range:
7,000 nautical miles (13,000 km) at 18 kn (33 km/h)

Personnel

Complement:
191

Combat assets

Electronics:
  • SAMPSON multi-function air tracking radar (Type 1045)
  • S1850M 3-D air surveillance radar (Type 1046)
  • Raytheon Integrated Bridge and Navigation System
  • 2 * Raytheon AHRS INS (MINS 2)
  • 2 * Raytheon I-band Radar (Type 1047)
  • 1 * Raytheon E/F-band Radar (Type 1048)
  • Ultra Electronics Series 2500 Electro-Optical Gun Control System (EOGCS)
  • Ultra Electronics SML Technologies radar tracking system
  • Ultra Electronics/EDO MFS-7000 sonar
  • UAT Mod 2.0 (2.1 planned)
  • AN/SSQ-130 Ship Signal Exploitation Equipment (SSEE) Increment F cryptologic exploitation system
  • Seagnat Naval Decoy IDS300
  • Surface Ship Torpedo Defence
Armament:
  • Sea Viper air defence system with a 48-cell Sylver Vertical Launching System for a mix of Aster 15 short range and Aster 30 long range missiles
  • Up to 2 * quad Harpoon anti-ship missile launchers
  • 1 * BAE 4.5 inch Mk 8 naval gun
  • 2 * Oerlikon 30 mm guns
  • 2 * 20mm Phalanx CIWS
  • 2 * Miniguns
  • 6 * 7.62mm General Purpose Machine Guns
Aircraft:
  • 1–2 * Lynx Wildcat, armed with:
  • 4 * anti ship missiles, or
  • 2 * anti submarine torpedoes or
  • 1 * Westland Merlin, armed with:
  • 4 * anti-submarine torpedoes

HMS Daring is the lead ship of the Type 45 or Daring-class air-defence destroyers built for the Royal Navy, and the seventh ship to hold that name. She was launched in 2006 on the Clyde and conducted contractor's sea trials during 2007 and 2008. She was handed over to the Royal Navy in December 2008, entered her base port of Portsmouth for the first time in January 2009 and was formally commissioned on 23 July 2009. As the lead ship of the first destroyer class built for the Royal Navy since the Type 42 in the 1970s, she has attracted significant media and public attention. Her name, crest and motto are a reference to the Roman youth Gaius Mucius Scaevola, famed for his bravery.

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