HMS Duncan (D37)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Duncan.

HMS Duncan in 2016
History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Duncan
NamesakeAdam Duncan, Viscount Duncan of Camperdown
OrderedDecember 2000
BuilderBAE Systems Surface Ships
Laid down26 January 2007
Launched11 October 2010
Sponsored byMrs Marie Ibbotson
Commissioned26 September 2013[2]
Identification
Motto
  • Secundis dubusque rectus
  • ("Upright in prosperity and peril")
StatusIn active service
Badge
General characteristics
Class and typeType 45 guided missile destroyer
Displacement8,000[4] to 8,500 t (8,400 long tons; 9,400 short tons)[5][6][7]
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)[3]
RangeIn excess of 7,000 nautical miles (13,000 km) at 18 kn (33 km/h)[3]
Complement191[10] (accommodation for up to 235)
Sensors and
processing systems
Electronic warfare
& decoys
Armament
Aircraft carried
Aviation facilities
  • Large flight deck
  • Enclosed hangar

HMS Duncan is the sixth and last of the Type 45 or Daring-class air-defence destroyers built for the Royal Navy and launched in 2010. Duncan is named after Adam Duncan, 1st Viscount Duncan (1 July 1731 – 4 August 1804), who defeated the Dutch fleet at the Battle of Camperdown on 11 October 1797. The destroyer has served in the Mediterranean, Black, and Caribbean Seas, and in 2019 was deployed to the Persian Gulf in response to increased tensions with Iran in the region. In May 2024, she deployed to the Red Sea to protect international shipping from the ongoing Houthi attacks.

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