HMS Daring - Type 45 or 'D' Class Air defence destroyer

HMS Daring - Type 45 or 'D' Class Air defence destroyer

This was taken while HMS Daring was anchored in the Little Russell off Guernsey.

Class and type: Daring class air-defence destroyer

Displacement: 7,205 tonnes Light Seagoing
(8,092 tonnes Deep load)
(both figures are ‘start of life’)
Length: 152.4 m (500 ft)
Beam: 21.2 m (70 ft)
Draught: 7.4 m (24 ft)

Propulsion: 2 Rolls-Royce WR-21 gas turbines, Alstom electric motors
Speed: 29+ knots⁶

Range: 7,000 nautical miles (13,000 km) at economical speed
Complement: 195 (including Lynx flight)
Sensors and

processing systems:
SAMPSON radar
S1850M 3D radar
MFS 7000 Sonar⁷
Electronic warfare
and decoys: Seagnat
SSTD⁸

Armament:
PAAMS Air Defence System
6×8 cell SYLVER VLS
Aster 15 missiles
Aster 30 missiles
2 Phalanx CIWS (Close-in weapons system)

BAE Systems 4.5 inch Mk 8 Mod. 1 gun
2×30 mm guns

Aircraft carried: 1 x Lynx HMA8 or
1 x Westland Merlin HM1⁹

Affiliations

Ship’s Sponsor:
HRH The Countess of Wessex

Official Affiliations:
City of Birmingham
Guernsey
The Royal Dragoon Guards
No. 11 Squadron RAF
HMS Forward (Birmingham Royal Naval Reserve)
The Daring Association
King Edward’s School, Birmingham
Knowle Sea Scout Group
Worshipful Company of Carpenters (A City of London Livery Company)
Birmingham University Royal Naval Unit
The D-Boats Association
Midland Naval Officers Association
Daring Class Yachts

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