HMS Dragon (D35)

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Career

Ordered:	December 2000
First steel cut:	19th December 2005
Launched:	Unknown
Commissioned:	Unknown
Fate:	Under construction
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: 6 x 8 cell SYLVER VLS Aster 15 missiles Aster 30 missiles SAMPSON radar S1850M 3D radar 2 Phalanx CIWS (Close-in weapons system) BAE Systems 114 mm (4.5 inch) Mk 8 Mod. 1 gun 2 x 30 mm guns
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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For other ships to have carried the name, see HMS Dragon.

HMS Dragon is the fourth ship of the Type 45 or 'D' Class of air defence destroyer (AAW) being built for the Royal Navy.

Dragon's construction began at the BAE Systems Naval Ships yard at Scotstoun on the River Clyde in December 2005.

The Type 45 class is both the first class of warship to include e-mail and entertainment systems (including iPod charging points) within the messdecks and the first class of Royal Navy vessel to include gender-neutral living spaces to accommodate male and female crew members.

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.