HMS Dauntless (D33)
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Career | |
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Ordered: | December 2000 |
Laid down: | August 2004 |
Launched: | expected 23rd January 2007 |
Commissioned: | expected 2010 |
Fate: | |
General Characteristics | |
Displacement: | 7350 tonnes |
Length: | 152.4 m |
Beam: | 21.2 m |
Draught: | 5.0 m |
Propulsion: | 2 Rolls-Royce WR-21 gas turbines, Alstom electric motors |
Speed: | more than 27 knots (50 km/h) |
Range: | 7,000 nautical miles / 13 000 km (at economical speed) |
Complement: | 190 |
Armament: | PAAMS Air Defence Missile System:
2 Phalanx CIWS (Close-in weapons system) |
Decoy Systems: | Seagnat and active torpedo (initial) infra-red 'spoofing' device (for retrofit) |
Other Armaments: | Launch capability and space for 8 RGM-84 Harpoon Anti-Ship Missiles Hullspace, power and control systems for future installation of ship-launched torpedo system |
Aircraft: | Lynx HMA8 (initial) Merlin HM1 (for retrofit) |
Motto: |
- For other ships to have carried the name, see HMS Dauntless.
HMS Dauntless is the second ship of the Type 45 or 'D' Class of air defence destroyer (AAW) being built for the Royal Navy.
Dauntless's construction began at the BAE Systems Naval Ships yard at Govan in August 2004 on the River Clyde.
She is both the first type of warship to include e-mail and entertainment systems (including iPod charging points) within the messdecks and the first Royal Navy vessel to include gender-neutral living spaces to accommodate male and female crew members.
HMS Dauntless will be, when complete, one of the most advanced and powerful air defence warships in the world. Its revolutionary radar can track every aircraft for several hundred miles.
[edit] External links
- BBC - Thousands cheer on warship launch
- BBC - Daring launch good news for Clyde
- Engadget - British warships fitted with Ipod docks and surround sound
Type 45 destroyer |
Daring | Dauntless | Diamond | Dragon | Defender | Duncan |
List of destroyers of the Royal Navy |