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.

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
 * 1 Type 1045 (SAMPSON) multi-function air search radar
 * 1 Type 1046 (S1850M) 3D air surveillance radar
 * 2 Type 1047 surface search, 1 Type 1048 navigation
 * Series 2500 gunfire control
 * UAT Mod2.0
 * SML radar tracking system
 * MFS-7000 sonar system
 * 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

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