HMS Daring is a Type 45 destroyer, which will cost £1 billion each Photo: PA
Posted on 12/11/2008 9:20:10 AM PST by sukhoi-30mki
World's most advanced destroyer handed to Royal Navy
The world's most advanced destroyer with the capability to defend the entire city of London from missile attack has been handed over to the Royal Navy.
By Thomas Harding, Defence Correspondent
The Type 45 warship will be a significant boost to the Navy that has suffered severe cuts in recent years bringing the latest in anti-missile technology, radar detection and propulsion.
But HMS Daring will have to wait several years to be able to defend the major aircraft carriers that it was built to support as a major delay for the ships is expected to be announced by the Defence Secretary as part of a cost-cutting package.
At a ceremony on the Clyde the staff from BVT Surface Fleet staff from BVT Surface Fleet's shipyard marched off the vessel and were replaced by its Royal Navy crew at an 'acceptance off contract' ceremony in Scotstoun shipyard
Daring will be the first of six warships that have nearly twice the range - about 7,000 miles - and are 45 per cent more fuel-efficient than the Type 42 destroyers that they are replacing in a £6 billion project.
"As commanding officer of Daring, it is an absolute privilege to be the first captain of a ship in the Type 45 fleet," said Captain Paul Bennett. "Daring is a great example of our 21st century Royal Navy."
Following the ceremony in Glasgow the 7,350-tonne will be ready to leave the Clyde for the first time under Royal Navy command in January.
The Type-45 destroyer will be armed with Aster missiles which are capable of knocking down a cricket ball-sized object travelling at three times the speed of sound.
It is also the most eco-friendly ship ever produced for the Royal Navy,
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HMS Daring is a Type 45 destroyer, which will cost £1 billion each Photo: PA
Pretty!
awesome......
Sweet! That'll come in useful next time we play Australia, assuming they let us field a Destroyer :0)
Pyramid Power. Looks like the eye on the back of the US $1 dollar bill too.
Maybe they can use it to shell some of the more islamic cities like Leeds, Birmingham, Londonistan, etc etc.
Why build a billion destroyer when you don’t have the guts to stand up to people pushing sharia in the UK?
It’s part of the secret masonic/templar navy.
Dude, I live in Birmingham.
It’s way less Islamic than Detroit. Or your next President for that matter,
Nice...
Does anybody have any data on how well that new angled-construction really works? Does it reduce radar cross-section by a meaningful amount?
LOL! Thanks. My mistake. I must be thinking of Manchester.
He is not our President yet. The Kenyan may have a speed bump in SCOTUS tommorrow though I doubt it.
Nice boat, where do they hide the sails?
Ouch!
:^)
Wonder if they’ll burn the way the Sheffield did?
A point to consider if the Argies decide to have another
go...
Interesting observation.
Goal!!!
Who’s defending London from the real threat, the MOOOOslims?
Apparently so since all the large navies (including us) seem to to be building them like this now.
Personally I find these new ships to be ugly as sin but it's the functionality that is important, not the looks.
LoL!
Some new ships followed the airplanes where the flat/straight lines were dominant everywhere and computers took care of the aerodynamics.
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