Type 45 Destroyer

The Type 45 Destroyers, (also known as the D or Daring class), are a class of air defence destroyers built for the United Kingdom's Royal Navy. The Daring class were built to replace the Type 42 destroyers, the last of which is due to be decommissioned by 2013. It is also expected to replace the Type 43 destroyers by 2028. The first ship in the Daring-class, HMS Daring, was launched on 1 February 2000 and commissioned on 23 July 2003. Originally, the Type 45 was only going to be an air defense vessel, however during the development stage, it grew in size and gained land attack, anti-ship, and anti-submarine capablities turning it into a multirole destroyer,

Specfications

 * Type: Guided Missile Destroyer
 * Service Period: 2002-Present
 * Characteristics
 * Length: 552 feet 6 inches (168.4 meters)
 * Beam: 71 feet 2 inches (21.7 meters)
 * Draught: 25 feet 11 inches (7.9 meters)
 * Displacement: 10,720 tons (full load)
 * Crew: 225 (capable of carrying up to 235)
 * Endurance: 60 days
 * Power: 117,000 shp
 * Range: 8,000 nautical miles (14,816 kilometers) at 18 knots (33.34 km/hr)
 * Speed: 35 knots (64.82 km/hr)
 * Propulsion
 * Integrated electric propulsion(IEP)
 * 2 Rolls-Royce Marine Trent-30 gas turbines
 * 2 Wärtsilä 12V200 diesel generators, 2 MW (2,700 shp) each
 * RIM MilSys 420 integrated ship power and propulsion system
 * 2 Converteam electric motors, 20 MW (27,000 shp) each
 * 2 shafts
 * Sensor Suite
 * BAe Systems Type 997 Artisan 3D Search Radar x 1
 * Plessey Type 1045 (SAMPSON) Multi-Function Air Search Radar x 1
 * Thales Type 1046 (S1850M) 3D Air Surveillance Radar x 1
 * Raytheon Type 1047 Surface Search Radar x 2
 * Raytheon Type 1048 Navigation Radar x 1
 * Type 2050 Hull Mounted Bow Sonar Array x 1
 * Thales Type 2087 Towed Sonar Array x 1
 * Ultra Electronics Series 2500 Gunfire Control Radar x 1
 * Thales/SELEX Fully Integrated Communications System
 * Ultra Electronics SML Radar Tracking System
 * Ultra Electronics/EDO MFS-7000 Sonar System
 * Countermeasures:
 * Ultra Electronics UAT Mod2.0 Radar Electronic Surveillance system
 * Seagnat decoy system
 * Airborne Systems IDS300 floating naval decoy system (corner reflectors)
 * Ultra Electronics Surface ship torpedo defence (SSTD)
 * Armament
 * 2 x 6.1"/52-caliber Mk.2 naval guns
 * 1 x 64-cell Mk.41 Vertical Launch System (fires RGM-109 Tomahawk, RUM-139 VL-ASROC and RIM-161 SM-3)
 * 1 x 48-cell SYLVER A50 Vertical Launching System (fires Sea Viper, Sea Ceptor, Aster 15, and Aster 30 missiles)
 * 4 x 8-cell Mk.48 Vertical Launch System
 * 2 x 4-canister Mk.141 Harpoon missile launchers
 * 2 x Oerlikon 30mm guns
 * 2 x 30mm Phalanx MC2 CIWS
 * 2 x 12.75" Mk.32 triple fire torpedo tubes (fires Stingray torpedoes)
 * Aircraft
 * 1 x AgustaWestland AW101 Merlin
 * 2 x AgustaWestland AW159 Wildcat

Flight I

 * 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

Flight II

 * 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

Flight III

 * HMS Destiny (D48) - planned for construction
 * HMS Danae (D49) - planned for construction
 * HMS Diomede (D50) - planned for construction
 * HMS Druid (D51) - planned for construction
 * HMS Destruction (D52) - planned for construction
 * HMS Dagger (D53) - planned for construction