Daring at sea during her first commission (1952 - 1954) |
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| Career (UK) | |
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| Name: | HMS Daring |
| Builder: | Swan Hunter, Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom |
| Laid down: | 29 September 1945 |
| Launched: | 10 August 1949 |
| Commissioned: | 8 March 1952 |
| Decommissioned: | 9 October 1968 |
| Motto: | Splendide audax ("Finely Daring") |
| Fate: | Sold for breaking, arriving at Blyth on 15 June 1971 |
| Badge: | On a Field Black, an arm and a hand in a cresset of fire all Proper |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Daring-class destroyer |
| Displacement: | Standard: 2,830 tons, Full load: 3,820 tons |
| Length: | 390 ft (120 m) |
| Beam: | 53 ft (16 m) |
| Draught: | 13.6 ft (4.1 m) |
| Propulsion: | 2 Foster Wheeler boilers (650 psi, 850 °F), Parsons steam turbines, 2 shafts, 54,000 shp (40 MW) |
| Speed: | 30 kn (56 km/h) |
| Range: | 4,400 nmi (8,100 km) at 20 kn (37 km/h) |
| Complement: | Approximately 300 |
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HMS Daring was the nameship of the Daring class of destroyers authorised in 1944. Between 1953 and 1957 they were reclassified as "Darings" and not included in the destroyer total, but from October 1957 they reverted to classification as destroyers.
Daring was built by Swan, Hunter and Wigham Richardson on the Tyne and engined by the Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Company. She was laid down on 29 September 1945; launched on 10 August 1949; and completed on 8 March 1952. She was the sixth ship of her name in the Royal Navy.[1]
After commissioning, Daring served with the Mediterranean Fleet and Home Fleet, and took part in rescue operations following the earthquakes in Greece, and the Eastern Mediterranean operations in 1956 after the Egyptian seizure of the Suez Canal.
Armament originally consisted of six 4.5 inch guns, six 40 mm AA guns, ten 21 in. torpedo tubes (five of which were removed in 1958 - 1959) and one Squid triple-barrelled depth-charge mortar. Power was provided by Parsons steam turbines giving 54,000 shp and a maximum sea speed of 30.5 knots. Three 6RPHZ Paxman's generators provided electrical supplies.
| From | To | Captain |
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| 8 March 1952 | 18 August 1952 | Capt Vernon John St. Clair-Ford MBE RN (died in command) |
| ? 1952 | ? 1952 | Captain E Hale |
| ? 1952 | ? 1952 | Commander J L Rathbone DSC |
| October 1952 | 25 February 1954 | Captain P D Gick OBE DSC*[2] |
| 25 February 1954 | August 1954 | Captain E A Blundell OBE |
| November 1956 | October 1958 | Captain Graham James Balfour |
| 20 January 1959 | December 1960 | Captain C P Mills CBE DSC |
| December 1960 | April 1963 | In reserve |
| April 1963 | December 1966 | Refit (Devonport) |
| February 1966 | 9 October 1968 | Commander J de B Suchlick |
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