Type 45 destroyer

For other ship classes named Daring, see Daring-class destroyer.

HMS Daring departing Portsmouth Naval Base, 1 March 2010
Class overview
NameType 45 destroyer
BuildersBAE Systems Maritime – Naval Ships
Operators Royal Navy
Preceded byType 42
Succeeded byType 83
CostOver £1.050 billion per ship incl. Research and development, £650 million per ship excl. R&D
Built2003–2012
Planned12 (2000), 8 (2004), 6 (ordered)[1][N 1]
Completed6
Active6
General characteristics
TypeGuided-missile destroyer
Displacement7,350[4] to 8,500 tonnes (8,400 long tons; 9,400 short tons)[5][6][7]
Length152.4 m (500 ft)
Beam21.2 m (69 ft 7 in)
Draught7.4 m (24 ft 3 in)
Installed power
Propulsion
SpeedIn excess of 32 kn (59 km/h; 37 mph)[9]
RangeIn excess of 7,000 nautical miles (13,000 km; 8,000 mi) at 18 kn (33 km/h; 21 mph)[9]
Complement191[10] (accommodation for up to 285)
Sensors and
processing systems
Electronic warfare
& decoys
Armament
ArmourKevlar splinter protection, 70 mm magazine/VLS
Aircraft carried
Aviation facilities

The Type 45 destroyer, also known as the D or Daring class, is a class of six guided-missile destroyers built for the United Kingdom's Royal Navy in the early 21st century. The class is primarily designed for anti-aircraft and anti-missile warfare and is built around the PAAMS (Sea Viper) air-defence system using the SAMPSON Active electronically scanned array (AESA) and the S1850M long-range radars. The first three destroyers were assembled by BAE Systems Surface Fleet Solutions from partially prefabricated "blocks" built at different shipyards; the remaining three were built by BAE Systems Maritime – Naval Ships. The first ship in the Daring class, HMS Daring, was launched on 1 February 2006 and commissioned on 23 July 2009.[33]

The Type 45 destroyers were built to replace the Type 42 (Sheffield-class) destroyers that had served during the Falklands War, with the last Type 42 being decommissioned in 2013. The National Audit Office reported that, during an "intensive attack", a single Type 45 could simultaneously track, engage and destroy more targets than five Type 42 destroyers operating together.[34] After the launch of Daring on 1 February 2006, Admiral Sir Alan West, then First Sea Lord, stated that it would be the Royal Navy's most capable destroyer ever, as well as the world's best air-defence ship.[35] The reduction in the number to be procured from twelve, then to (up to) eight, finally with only six confirmed (in 2008) was controversial.[36][37]

In 2016, it was revealed that due to a design flaw on the Northrop Grumman intercooler attached to the Rolls-Royce WR-21 gas turbines, power availability was diminished considerably when functioning in the warm climate of the Persian Gulf,[38][39] and it quickly became apparent that the class was not operating as originally envisioned.[40] Therefore, a planned refit was scheduled from 2019 to 2021 to fully resolve the problems with the six ships in the class.[41]

Under current plans, the Type 45 destroyer will be replaced by the Type 83 destroyer, the first of which is expected to enter service in the late 2030s.[42]

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