HMS Dauntless (D33)

HMS Dauntless in 2012
History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Dauntless
Ordered20 December 2000[4]
BuilderBAE Systems Surface Fleet Solutions
Yard number1062[3]
Laid down28 August 2004
Launched23 January 2007
Commissioned3 June 2010[5]
Identification
Motto
  • Nil Desperandum
  • (Latin: "Never Despair")
StatusIn active service
Badge
General characteristics
Class and typeType 45 Guided missile destroyer
Displacement8,000[7] to 8,500 t (8,400 long tons; 9,400 short tons)[8][9][10]
Length152.4 m (500 ft 0 in)
Beam21.2 m (69 ft 7 in)
Draught7.4 m (24 ft 3 in)
Installed power
Propulsion
SpeedIn excess of 30 kn (56 km/h; 35 mph)[6]
RangeIn excess of 7,000 nautical miles (13,000 km) at 18 kn (33 km/h)[6]
Complement191[13] (accommodation for up to 235)
Sensors and
processing systems
Electronic warfare
& decoys
Armament
Aircraft carried
Aviation facilities
  • Large flight deck
  • Enclosed hangar

HMS Dauntless is the second ship of the Type 45 or Daring-class air-defence destroyers built for the British Royal Navy. She was launched at Govan in January 2007, was handed over to the Royal Navy on 3 December 2009 and was formally commissioned on 3 June 2010.

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