HMS Daring

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Today sees the launch of the first Type 45 destoryer, 5 more are on the way with the possibiltly of another 2 being ordered.

HMS Daring will be equipped with a state of the art air defence system which will be able to track and destroy a target the size of a cricket ball travelling three times the speed of sound - a quantum leap forward in capability for the Royal Navy. Over 150m long, weighing over 7,000 tonnes with a crew of 190 and a range of 7000 nautical miles, she, and the rest of the T-45 destroyers, are designed using cutting edge technology to be flexible multi-role vessels able to carry out a variety of tasks across the globe, from their primary air defence role to humanitarian and anti-smuggling roles.

The launch of DARING is a wonderful day for the nation and the Royal Navy. She will be the Royal Navy’s most capable destroyer ever, and will enter service later this decade as the best air defence ship in the world. She represents the best of British high technology innovation and engineering. DARING and her class will ensure the Royal Navy remains the best in the world able to protect the UK’s interests worldwide in the 21st century.
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These really are fantastic ships. They show the rest of the world that we are still a major power and remain the second largest Navy in the world. They will work well protecting the fleet and the new CVF Aircraft carriers next decade.
 
ZuG said:
i thought we were about 4th largest navy... They do look awesome though.
Hopefully the new air carriers will begin production soon.
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Well according to wiki we are 2nd behind the US and the largest in Europe ;) This is based on tonnage.
 
Nana said:
complete and utter waste of money so we can kill innocent people for more oil for Mr Bush, is it any wonder we are hated?
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Yes protecting Britain's waters and overseas territories is a complete and utter waste of money :rolleyes:

Let's not get political.
 
wasc said:
Hmm, nice ship, but it doesn't have many guns on it. I know people will probably say that it'll only ever use missiles against enemy threats but they're not really all that practical. E.g they say it'll be used to stop smuggling - with what - it looks like the thing only has 3 guns on it. :p

They aren't exactly gonna launch a tomahawk as a warning shot :p
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Doesn't have many guns????

It has the Principal Anti Air Missile System (PAAMS), with the BAE SYSTEMS SAMPSON Multi-Functional Radar (MFR) (for surveillance and fire control) and the Signaal/Marconi S1850M Long Range Radar (LRR) for air/surface search.

Other weapons systems include: STINGRAY Torpedoes - helicopter-launched; 4.5" Mk 8 Medium Calibre Gun system; SYLVER launcher and combination of up to 48 Aster15 and Aster30 missiles, Surface Ship Torpedo Defence system.
 
Stringy said:
They're not for 'sea battles' (if I remember correctly) one of their primary roles will be carrier escort, as they are heavily geared for anti-air warfare.
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Yeah, we have frigates and subs for that sort of thing, these destoryers will guard our Aircraft carriers, more specificly to guard the next generation of Aircraft carriers:

http://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/static/pages/1971.html
 
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-Mic- said:
But is such a large fleet needed TODAY is his point (i think).
Its not like Englands going to be invaded by an armada from Ireland, or the legendary Israel Battle Fleet(?). Any large invasion force will be seen and taken care of by reconascince(sp?) plains and bombers.
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If thats the case then why does France have a large fleet and plans for more aircraft carriers and nuclear submarines? If thats also the case why does the US need over 10 city sized aircraft carriers?

Our fleet has protected us from invasion for hundreds of years and long may it continue.
 
Well I'm sorry to see this thread turn out like this, to be honest Nana I wish you had never come in.

I started this thread to show and remind people of the ever changing royal navy. I for one am proud of our Royal Navy history which includes this huge battle honners list:

1588 The Spanish Armada
1652 Battle of Dungeness
1690 Battle of Beachy Head
1692 Battle of La Hougue
1692 Battle of Plaisance (Placentia)
1759 Battle of Quiberon Bay and Battle of Lagos
1780 Battle of Cape St. Vincent (1780)
1781 Battle of the Chesapeake and Battle of Dogger Bank (1781)
1782 Battle of St. Kitts and Battle of the Saintes
1794 The Glorious First of June
1797 Battle of Cape St. Vincent (1797)
1798 Battle of the Nile
1801 Battle of Copenhagen
1805 Battle of Trafalgar
1808–1814 Peninsular war
1812–1814 War of 1812
1914–1918 First Battle of the Atlantic
1914 Battle of Heligoland Bight, Battle of Coronel, Battle of the Falkland Islands
1915 Battle of Dogger Bank (1915) and Dardanelles Campaign
1916 Battle of Jutland
1919 Russian Civil War
1931 Invergordon Mutiny
1939–1945 Second Battle of the Atlantic
1939 Battle of the River Plate
1940 Operation Dynamo (Dunkirk)
1941 Battle of Cape Matapan
1941 Sinking of German battleship Bismarck
1943 Battle of North Cape
1944 Operation Tungsten
1944 Operation Neptune (Normandy)
1956 Suez campaign
1965 Beira Patrol against Rhodesia begins
1980 Armilla Patrol in the Persian Gulf begins
1982 Falklands War
1991 Gulf War
1999 Kosovo conflict
2000 Sierra Leone
2001 Afghanistan Campaign
2003 Iraq War

I look forward to the new Aircraft Carriers (HMS Queen Elizabeth and HMS Prince of Wales) which are 3 times the size of the current Invinsbile class and nearly as big as the Nimitz class :)

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