HMS Dauntless (D33)
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| Career |  |
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| Ordered: | December 2000 |
| First steel cut: | 26th August 2004 |
| Launched: | 23rd January 2007 |
| Commissioned: | Expected 2010 |
| Fate: | Fitting Out |
| 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) |
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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. Dauntless was launched on 23rd January, 2007 at 3.25pm by Lady Burnell-Nugent, wife of the current Commander-in-Chief Fleet. Once commissioned it will become the adopted warship of Newcastle-upon-Tyne. When she was launched she appeared to have had more of her superstructure completed than her sister ship, Daring, had had when she was lauched the previous year.
The Daring class will be one of the most advanced air-defence warship classes in the world.[1] The ship's capabilites centre on the SAMPSON Multi Function Radar which can detect targets out to a distance of 400 km and the PAAMS missile system.
The Type 45 class is both the first class of warship to include e-mail and entertainment systems (including iPod charging points) [2] within the messdecks and the first class of Royal Navy vessel to include gender-neutral living spaces to accommodate male and female crew members.
[edit] External links
- BBC - New warship launched on Clydeside
- Engadget - British warships fitted with Ipod docks and surround sound
- BAE Systems - HMS Dauntless Home Page
[edit] References
- ^ "World's most advanced destroyer launched tomorrow", The Times, Times Newspapers, 2007-01-22, p. 37. Retrieved on 2007-01-23.
- ^ Engadget - British warships fitted with Ipod docks and surround sound
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List of destroyers of the Royal Navy |
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