HMS Daring (D05)

Daring at sea during her first commission (1952–1954)
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Daring
Builder	Swan Hunter, Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom
Laid down	29 September 1945
Launched	10 August 1949
Commissioned	8 March 1952
Decommissioned	9 October 1968
Motto	Splendide audax (Latin: "finely daring")
Fate	Sold for breaking, arriving at Blyth on 15 June 1971
Badge	On a Field Black, an arm and a hand in a cresset of fire all Proper
General characteristics
Class and type	Daring-class destroyer
Displacement	Standard: 2,830 tons Full load: 3,820 tons
Length	390 ft (120 m)
Beam	43 ft (13 m)
Draught	13.6 ft (4.1 m)
Installed power	54,000 shp (40 MW)
Propulsion	2 Foster Wheeler boilers (650 psi, 850 °F), Parsons steam turbines, 2 shafts
Speed	30 knots (56 km/h)
Range	4,400 nmi (8,100 km) at 20 kn (37 km/h)
Complement	Approximately 300
Sensors and processing systems	Radar Type 293Q target indication Radar Type 291 air warning Radar Type 274 navigation Radar Type 275 fire control on director Mk.VI Radar Type 262 fire control on director CRBF and STAAG Mk.II
Armament	6 QF 4.5 in /45 (114 mm) Mark V in 3 twin mountings UD Mark VI 4 40 mm /60 Bofors A/A in 2 twin mounts STAAG Mk.II 2 40 mm /60 Bofors A/A in 1 twin mount Mk.V 2 pentad tubes for 21 inch (533 mm) torpedoes Mk.IX 1 Squid anti submarine mortar

HMS Daring was the nameship of the Daring-class destroyers authorised in 1944. Between 1953 and 1957 they were reclassified as "Darings" and not included in the destroyer total, but from October 1957 they reverted to classification as destroyers. Daring was built by Swan, Hunter and Wigham Richardson on the Tyne and engined by the Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Company. She was laid down on 29 September 1945; launched on 10 August 1949; and completed on 8 March 1952. She served five commissions, was placed in reserve in December 1968 and sold for scrap in 1971. She was the sixth ship of her name in the Royal Navy.