HMS Daring (D32)

HMS Daring in 2012
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Daring
Ordered	20 December 2000[1]
Builder	BAE Systems Naval Ships
Yard number	1061[2]
Laid down	28 March 2003
Launched	1 February 2006
Sponsored by	The Duchess of Edinburgh
Commissioned	23 July 2009[3]
Homeport	HMNB Portsmouth
Identification	Deck code: DA Pennant number: D32 International callsign: GPLA[4] IMO number: 4907749[5]
Motto	Splendide audax ("Finely Daring")
Status	Undergoing Upkeep at HM Naval Base Portsmouth
Badge	On a Field Black, an arm and a hand in a cresset of fire all Proper
General characteristics
Class and type	Type 45 Guided missile destroyer
Displacement	8,500[6] to 9,200 t (9,100 long tons; 10,100 short tons)[7][8][9]
Length	152.4 m (500 ft 0 in)
Beam	21.2 m (69 ft 7 in)
Draught	7.4 m (24 ft 3 in)
Installed power	2 × Rolls-Royce WR-21 gas turbines, 21.5 MW (28,800 shp) each 3 × MTU 4000 series diesel generators, 3 MW (4,000 shp) each
Propulsion	2 shafts integrated electric propulsion with 2 × GE Power Conversion, Advanced Induction Motors and VDM25000 Drives, 20 MW (27,000 shp) each
Speed	In excess of 30 kn (56 km/h; 35 mph)[10]
Range	In excess of 7,000 nautical miles (13,000 km) at 18 kn (33 km/h)[10]
Complement	191[11] (accommodation for up to 235)
Sensors and processing systems	SAMPSON multi-function air tracking radar (Type 1045) S1850M 3-D air surveillance radar (Type 1046) Raytheon Integrated Bridge and Navigation System 2 × Raytheon AHRS INS (MINS 2) 2 × Raytheon I-band Radar (Type 1047) 1 × Raytheon E/F-band Radar (Type 1048)[12] Ultra Electronics Series 2500 Electro-Optical Gun Control System (EOGCS)[13] Ultra Electronics SML Technologies radar tracking system Ultra Electronics/EDO MFS-7000 sonar
Electronic warfare & decoys	UAT Mod 2.0 (2.1 planned)[14] AN/SSQ-130 Ship Signal Exploitation Equipment (SSEE) Increment F cryptologic exploitation system[15] Seagnat Naval Decoy IDS300 Surface Ship Torpedo Defence
Armament	Anti-air missiles: PAAMS air-defence system 48 × Sylver vertical launching system A50 for: Aster 15 missiles (range 1.7–30 km) Aster 30 missiles (range 3–120 km), to be upgraded with a ballistic missile defence capability,[16] called Sea Viper Evolution.[17] 24 × Sea Ceptor silos to be fitted starting on HMS Defender from 2026 for: 24 × surface-to-air missiles that will replace the Aster 15 missiles to allow all 48 × Sylver vertical launching systems to be used for Aster 30.][18][19][20] Anti-ship missiles: Harpoon Block 1C SSMs, originally fit (retired 2023);[21][22][23][24][25] being replaced with Naval Strike Missile starting on HMS Dauntless from 2024)[26][27][28] Guns: 1 × 4.5 inch Mark 8 naval gun 2 × DS30B Mk 1 30 mm guns[29] 2 × 20 mm Phalanx CIWS 2 × 7.62 mm Miniguns (replaced by Browning .50 caliber heavy machine guns as of 2023)[30] 6 × 7.62 mm general purpose machine guns
Aircraft carried	1–2 × Lynx Wildcat, armed with: Martlet multirole missiles, or Sea Venom anti-ship missiles (projected full operating capability from 2026)[31] or 2 × anti submarine torpedoes or 1 × Westland Merlin,[32] armed with: 4 × anti-submarine torpedoes
Aviation facilities	Large flight deck Enclosed hangar

HMS Daring is the lead ship of the Type 45 or Daring-class air-defence destroyers built for the Royal Navy, and the seventh ship to hold that name. She was launched in 2006 on the Clyde and conducted contractor's sea trials during 2007 and 2008. She was handed over to the Royal Navy in December 2008, entered her base port of Portsmouth for the first time in January 2009 and was formally commissioned on 23 July 2009. As the lead ship of the first destroyer class built for the Royal Navy since the Type 42 in the 1970s, she has attracted significant media and public attention. Her name, crest and motto are a reference to the Roman youth Gaius Mucius Scaevola, famed for his bravery.^[33]