HMS Daring (D32)
2009 Type 45 or Daring-class air-defence destroyer of the Royal Navy / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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HMS Daring is the lead ship of the Type 45 or Daring-class air-defence destroyers built for the Royal Navy, and the seventh ship to hold that name. She was launched in 2006 on the Clyde and conducted contractor's sea trials during 2007 and 2008. She was handed over to the Royal Navy in December 2008, entered her base port of Portsmouth for the first time in January 2009 and was formally commissioned on 23 July 2009. As the lead ship of the first destroyer class built for the Royal Navy since the Type 42 in the 1970s, she has attracted significant media and public attention. Her name, crest and motto are a reference to the Roman youth Gaius Mucius Scaevola, famed for his bravery.[33]
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Name | HMS Daring |
Ordered | 20 December 2000[1] |
Builder | BAE Systems Naval Ships |
Yard number | 1061[2] |
Laid down | 28 March 2003 |
Launched | 1 February 2006 |
Sponsored by | The Duchess of Edinburgh |
Commissioned | 23 July 2009[3] |
Homeport | HMNB Portsmouth |
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Status | Undergoing Upkeep at HM Naval Base Portsmouth |
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Class and type | Type 45 Guided missile destroyer |
Displacement | 8,500[6] to 9,200 t (9,100 long tons; 10,100 short tons)[7][8][9] |
Length | 152.4 m (500 ft 0 in) |
Beam | 21.2 m (69 ft 7 in) |
Draught | 7.4 m (24 ft 3 in) |
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Speed | In excess of 30 kn (56 km/h; 35 mph)[10] |
Range | In excess of 7,000 nautical miles (13,000 km) at 18 kn (33 km/h)[10] |
Complement | 191[11] (accommodation for up to 235) |
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