Type 45 Destroyer

The Type 45 Destroyer is a class of destroyer in service in the Royal Navy.

Specfications

 * Type: Guided Missile Destroyer
 * Service Period: 2002-Present
 * Characteristics
 * Length: 500 feet (152.4 meters)
 * Beam: 69 feet 7 inches (21.21 meters)
 * Draught: 24 feet 3 inches (7.4 meters)
 * Displacement: 8,000 tons (full load)
 * Crew: 190(capable of carrying up to 235)
 * Endurance:
 * Power: 117,000 shp
 * Range: 7,000 nautical miles (12,964 kilometers) at 18 knots (33.34 km/hr)
 * Speed: 36.6 knots (67.79 km/hr)
 * Propulsion
 * Integrated electric propulsion(IEP)
 * 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 Converteam electric motors, 20 MW (27,000 shp) each
 * 2 shafts
 * Sensor Suite
 * SAMPSON multi-function air tracking radar (Type 1045)
 * S1850M 3-D air surveillance radar (Type 1046)
 * Raytheon I-band Radar (Type 1047) x 2
 * Raytheon E/F-band Radar (Type 1048)
 * UAT Mod2.0
 * Ultra Electronics Series 2500 Electro-Optical Gun Control System (EOGCS)
 * Ultra Electronics SML Technologies radar tracking system
 * Ultra Electronics/EDO MFS-7000 sonar
 * Countermeasures:
 * Seagnat decoy system
 * Airborne Systems's IDS300 floating naval decoy system (corner reflectors)
 * Surface ship torpedo defence (SSTD)
 * Armament
 * 2 x 155mm/62-caliber naval guns
 * 1 x 48-cell SYLVER A50 Vertical Launching System (fires Sea Viper, Aster 15, and Aster 30 missiles)
 * 2 x 4-canister Mark 143 Harpoon missile launchers
 * 2 x Oerlikon 30mm KCB guns
 * 6 x 12.7mm autocannons
 * 2 x 35mm Denel Systems Naval Defender CIWS
 * Aircraft
 * 2 x Westland Lynx
 * 1 x AW101 Merlin

Unit Run

 * HMS Daring (D32)
 * HMS Dauntless (D33)
 * HMS Diamond (D34)
 * HMS Dragon (D35)
 * HMS Defender (D36)
 * HMS Duncan (D37)
 * HMS Devastation (D38)
 * HMS Dasher (D39) - under construction
 * HMS Dolphin (D40) - under construction
 * HMS Discovery (D41) - under construction
 * HMS Daedalus (D42) - under construction
 * HMS Dominion (D43) - planned for construction
 * HMS Diadem (D44) - planned for construction
 * HMS Dasher (D45) - planned for construction
 * HMS Defiance (D46) - planned for construction
 * HMS Dreadnaught (D47) - planned for construction