2009 Royal Navy destroyer class
Class overview
Name Type 45 destroyer
Builders BAE Systems Maritime – Naval Ships
Operators Royal Navy
Preceded by Type 42
Succeeded by Type 83
Cost Over £ 1.050 billion per ship incl. Research and development , £ 650 million per ship excl. R&D
Built 2003–2012
Planned 12 (2000), 8 (2004), 6 (ordered)[ 1] [ N 1]
Completed 6
Active 6
General characteristics
Type Guided-missile destroyer
Displacement 7,350[ 5] to 8,500 tonnes (8,400 long tons; 9,400 short tons)[ 6] [ 7] [ 8]
Length 152.4 m (500 ft)
Beam 21.2 m (69 ft 7 in)
Draught 7.4 m (24 ft 3 in)
Installed power
Propulsion
Speed In excess of 32 kn (59 km/h; 37 mph)[ 4]
Range In excess of 7,000 nautical miles (13,000 km; 8,000 mi) at 18 kn (33 km/h; 21 mph)[ 4]
Complement 191[ 11] (accommodation for up to 285)
Sensors and processing systems
Electronic warfare & decoys
Armament
Anti-air missiles :
PAAMS air-defence system
48 × Sylver vertical launching system A50 for:
24 × Sea Ceptor silos to be fitted starting on HMS Defender from 2026 for:
24 × surface-to-air missiles that will replace the Aster 15 missiles to allow all 48 × Sylver vertical launching systems to be used for Aster 30.][ 16] [ 17] [ 18]
Anti-ship missiles :
Guns :
Armour Kevlar 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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