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Guided missile destroyer HMS Dauntless (D33)‎

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Classification

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

Basic information

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
  • 3 * MTU 4000 series diesel generators, 10 MW (13,000 shp) each
  • 2 shafts integrated electric propulsion with
  • 2 * Converteam electric motors, 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 Dauntless is the second ship of the Type 45 or Daring-class air-defence destroyers built for the British Royal Navy. She was launched at Govan in January 2007, was handed over to the Royal Navy on 3 December 2009 and was formally commissioned on 3 June 2010.

Dauntless's construction began at the BAE Systems Naval Ships yard at Govan in August 2004 on the River Clyde. She was launched on 23 January 2007 at 3.25 pm by Lady Burnell-Nugent, wife of Admiral Sir James Burnell-Nugent, the then-Commander-in-Chief Fleet. Dauntless is the adopted warship of Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Because her modules were put together outside at BAE Govan, it was possible to complete more of her structure than her sister ship, Daring, which was launched from the covered facility at Scotstoun the previous year.

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