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16/12/2005
Royal Navy set to launch 'D' Class destoyer
The Countess of Wessex will launch the first of the Royal Navy's new 'D' Class destroyers early next year.
HMS Daring, the seventh vessel to carry the name, will be the first of the Royal Navy's batch of Type 45 air defence destroyers.
Armed with a sophisticated new weapon system, Principal Anti-Air Missile System (PAAMS), at around 7,350 tonnes, the ships are the biggest and most powerful vessels of their type ever built for the Royal Navy.
The First Sea Lord, Admiral Sir Alan West said: "The Type 45 will be a superb piece of high-technology innovation and engineering, delivering unsurpassed capability to the Royal Navy."
The Type 45 building programme has secured more than 2,000 jobs on the Clyde, 650 shipbuilding jobs in Portsmouth and many more jobs at sub-contractors around the country.
Defence Secretary John Reid said: "I am delighted that the Countess of Wessex will launch HMS Daring, the first of the Type 45s and part of a huge shipbuilding programme for the Royal Navy. The launch of this ship demonstrates the Government's commitment to our shipbuilding industry."
The Ministry of Defence has placed a contract with BAE Systems and other suppliers for the first three ships of the class, and negotiations continue for three more hulls.
Destroyers are the workhorses of the fleet, optimised for air defence, while the smaller frigates are primarily designed to engage fast moving surface and subsurface targets.
At home in large task groups or working independently, both types of ships may operate in enforcement, humanitarian relief or anti-drug patrol roles.
Traditionally in naval terminology, a destroyer is a fast and manoeuvrable yet long-range warship intended to escort larger vessels in a fleet or battle group.
Originally providing defence capabilities against smaller, short-range attackers, such as motor torpedo boats, though latterly submarines and aircraft, the destroyer's role is vital to many sea-borne operations.
(SP/KMcA)
HMS Daring, the seventh vessel to carry the name, will be the first of the Royal Navy's batch of Type 45 air defence destroyers.
Armed with a sophisticated new weapon system, Principal Anti-Air Missile System (PAAMS), at around 7,350 tonnes, the ships are the biggest and most powerful vessels of their type ever built for the Royal Navy.
The First Sea Lord, Admiral Sir Alan West said: "The Type 45 will be a superb piece of high-technology innovation and engineering, delivering unsurpassed capability to the Royal Navy."
The Type 45 building programme has secured more than 2,000 jobs on the Clyde, 650 shipbuilding jobs in Portsmouth and many more jobs at sub-contractors around the country.
Defence Secretary John Reid said: "I am delighted that the Countess of Wessex will launch HMS Daring, the first of the Type 45s and part of a huge shipbuilding programme for the Royal Navy. The launch of this ship demonstrates the Government's commitment to our shipbuilding industry."
The Ministry of Defence has placed a contract with BAE Systems and other suppliers for the first three ships of the class, and negotiations continue for three more hulls.
Destroyers are the workhorses of the fleet, optimised for air defence, while the smaller frigates are primarily designed to engage fast moving surface and subsurface targets.
At home in large task groups or working independently, both types of ships may operate in enforcement, humanitarian relief or anti-drug patrol roles.
Traditionally in naval terminology, a destroyer is a fast and manoeuvrable yet long-range warship intended to escort larger vessels in a fleet or battle group.
Originally providing defence capabilities against smaller, short-range attackers, such as motor torpedo boats, though latterly submarines and aircraft, the destroyer's role is vital to many sea-borne operations.
(SP/KMcA)
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The Countess of Wessex will launch the first of the Royal Navy's new 'D' Class destroyers early next year. HMS Daring, the seventh vessel to carry the name, will be the first of the Royal Navy's batch of Type 45 air defence destroyers.
Countess of Wessex to launch Type 45 destoyer
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