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Type 45

IOC: 23 July 2009
Total Production: 6
Unitary Cost: USD$1.5 billion
Also Known As: D Class, Daring and T45

Origin: United Kingdom

Contractor/s: BAE Systems and VT Shipbuilding

Description: The Daring-class destroyers have been designed to perform anti-air warfare (AAW) missions well into the 21st century against advanced airborne threats such as aircraft and missiles. These destroyers will be capable of perform anti-surface, anti-submarine, and other undisclosed missions. Type 45 destroyers will replace current Type 42 AAW destroyers providing vessels with increased size, range and performance.

The Type 45 destroyers will provide improved survivability with revolutionary radar and infrared signature reduction factors for stealth. These ships will also feature reduced life cycle costs. The electrical propulsion system will be one of the keys of the Type 45 destroyers design. Growth potential will allow to assume emerging warfare missions, for example littoral warfare, integrating new weapon systems, sensors and other equipment.

The PAAMS developed jointly by the United Kingdom, France, and Italy will be the main armament of Type 45 destroyers. PAAMS includes the ASTER 15 and ASTER 30 missiles and the Sylver vertical launch system (VLS), the European counterpart to US ESSM, Standard SM-2, and Mk41 VLS respectively. PAAMS (with 48-cell Sylver) and the SAMPSON radar system will provide advanced area defense capability to the Daring-class destroyers.

The Royal Navy plans to purchase up to 12 Type 45 destroyers. A contract has been placed for the first three ships of this class. The HMS Daring destroyer will achieve initial operational capability by 2007.

On August 26, 2004, the second Type 45 anti-air warfare destroyer, named HMS Dauntless, production was launched at BAe Systems' shipyard at Govan in Glasgow. Following the latest British Defense Review the Type 45 program was scaled down from 12 to 8 destroyers.

The current contract between the UK MoD and BAe Systems as Type 45 program prime contractor includes six destroyers with two additional ships completing a class of eight ships. The first six destroyers are valued at £6 billion ($10+ billion) with construction being carried out at BAe System's shipyards on the Clyde and Vosper Thornycroft at Portsmouth, both in the UK.

HMS Daring was launched February 1st, 2006 by the Countess of Wessex at BAE Systems' Scotstoun shipyard in Glasgow.

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:: Specifications ::

Crew: 190
Number of Weapons: 56

Dimensions
Beam: 20 meter (66 foot)
Length: 152 meter (499 foot)
Main Gun Caliber: 114 millimeter

Performance
Max Range: 13,000 kilometer (7,019 nautical mile)

Power
Total Combined Power: 40 MW (53,619 hp)

Speed
Cruise Speed: 9.30 mps (18.1 knot)
Top Speed: 29 knot (14.9 mps)

Time
Mission Endurance: 45 day

Weight
Full Displacement: 7,350 ton

:: News ::

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Royal Navy Pays Farewell to Last Type 42 Destroyer Thales to Upgrade Royal Navy Fleet with New Digital UAT System FMS: UK Seeks Ship's Signal Exploitation Equipment Increment F MBDA Awarded Sea Viper Support Contract Royal Navy's HMS Daring Destroyer Fires Sea Viper for First Time Thales Awarded a Service Contract for Royal Navy's S1850M Volume Search Radar United Kingdom Releases its Strategic Defence and Security Review Royal Navy Fires Sea Viper Air Defense System from Type 45 Destroyer for First Time Ever Royal Navy's Sea Viper Air Defense System Completes Trials in the Mediterranean Green Light To Develop Next Generation of Royal Navy Warships

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:: Related Equipment ::

Related Equipment
		Qty
	Anti-Ship Missiles
	RGM-84D Harpoon	x8
	Display & Network Systems
	Series 8000
	Rocket & Missile Launchers
	Sylver	x6
	Ship Air Defense Systems
	Mk 15 Phalanx Block 1B
	Sea Viper
	Ship Power Plants
	WR-21 ICR
	Ship Protection Systems
	NECSYS
	Ship Sensors
	MFS 7000
	S1850M
	Sampson
	Surface-to-Air Missiles
	Aster 15	x48
	Aster 30	x48
	Tactical Support Helicopters
	EH101 Merlin

:: Ship Listing ::

Ship Listing
	Serial	Ship's Name	Flag	Keel Laying	Launch Date	Commissioning	Decommissioning
	D32	HMS Daring		-	-	23 July 2009	-
	D33	HMS Dauntless		23 January 2007	-	17 November 2010	-
	D34	HMS Diamond		27 November 2007	-	6 May 2011	-
	D36	HMS Defender		2008	-	2013	-
	D35	HMS Dragon		2010	23 April 2012	2012	-
	D37	HMS Duncan		11 October 2010	2013	2014	-

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:: Notes & Resources ::

Last Updated:
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