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ROYAL NAVY (UNITED KINGDOM)

TORPEDO SHIPS

DARING destroyers (1952 - 1954)

Daring 1963

Daring 1968

Defender 1969

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Dainty D108 (ex-I52) 1941 White, Cowes 12/1945 16.8.1950 26.2.1953 sold 1.1971
Danae (ex-Vimiera) I06 1179 Cammell Laird, Birkenhead ? --- --- cancelled
Daring D05 (ex-I15) 1739 Swan Hunter, Wallsend 9/1945 10.8.1949 8.3.1952 sold 5.1971
Decoy I40 99 Vickers-Armstrong, Tyne ? --- --- cancelled
Decoy (ex-Dragon) D106 (ex-I56) 1845 Yarrow, Scotstoun 9/1946 19.3.1949 28.4.1953 to Peru 12.1969 (Ferré)
Defender (ex-Dogstar) D114 (ex-I47) 609 A. Stephens, Linthouse 3/1949 27.7.1950 5.12.1952 sold 5.1972
Delight I45 100 Vickers-Armstrong, Tyne ? --- --- cancelled
Delight (ex-Disdain, ex-Ypres) D119 (ex-I08) 717 Fairfield, Govan 9/1946 21.12.1950 9.10.1953 sold 9.1970
Demon I35 1747 Swan Hunter, Wallsend ? --- --- cancelled
Dervish I73 1942 White, Cowes ? --- --- cancelled
Desire I19 681 Hawthorn Leslie, Hebburn ? --- --- cancelled
Desperate I87 633 John Brown, Clydebank ? --- --- cancelled
Diamond D35 (ex-I81) 632 John Brown, Clydebank 3/1949 14.6.1950 21.2.1952 harbour TS 1979, sold 11.1981
Diana I77 682 Hawthorn Leslie, Hebburn ? --- --- cancelled
Diana (ex-Druid) D126 (ex-I26) 1846 Yarrow, Scotstoun 4/1947 8.5.1952 29.3.1954 to Peru 12.1969 (Palacios)
Duchess D154 (ex-I94) 4087 Thornycroft, Woolston 7/1948 9.4.1951 23.10.1952 to Australia 5.1964 (Duchess)

 

Displacement standard, t

2830

Displacement full, t

3580

Length, m

111.6 pp 118.9 oa

Breadth, m

13.1

Draught, m

4.14 deep load

No of shafts

2

Machinery

Dainty, Defender, Duchess: 2 sets Pametrada geared steam turbines, 2 Foster Wheeler boilers

Daring, Delight: 2 sets Pametrada geared steam turbines, 2 Babcock & Wilcox boilers

Decoy, Diana: 2 sets Yarrow geared steam turbines, 2 Babcock & Wilcox boilers

Diamond: 2 sets Pametrada/Brown BTH geared steam turbines, 2 Foster Wheeler boilers

Power, h. p.

54000

Max speed, kn

34.75

Fuel, t

oil 590

Endurance, nm(kts) 4400(20)

Armament

3 x 2 - 120/45 Mk 6, 2 x 2 - 40/60 STAAG Mk 2, 1 x 2 - 40/60 Mk 5, 2 õ 5 - 533 TT, 1 x 3 - 305 Squid Mk 4 ASWRL

Sensors

3x type 262, type 274, type 275, type 291, type 293Q radars, type 170, type 174 or type 177 sonars

Complement

297 - 330

Project history: Last pure fleet destroyers of Royal Navy. Many technical parameters were improved: destroyers had 1.0 - 1.1m metacentric height (excellent stability), 450-500m tactical diameter, machinery using steam with high parameters.

Modernizations: 1958 - 1959, all: - 1 x 5 - 533 TT

1963, Decoy: - 1 x 2 - 40/60 Mk 5; + 1 x 4 Sea Cat GWS20 SAM (8 Sea Cat)

1963 - mid-1960s, Dainty, Daring, Defender, Delight: - 2 x 2 - 40/60 STAAG, 1 x 5 - 533 TT, 2x type 262, type 275 radars; + 2 x 2 - 40/60 Mk 5, type 903 radar, UA-3/4 ECM suite

1963 - mid-1960s, Decoy, Diamond, Diana, Duchess: - 2 x 2 - 40/60 STAAG, 1 x 5 - 533 TT, 2x type 262, type 275 radars; + 2 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 7, type 903 radar, UA-3/4 ECM suite

late 1960s, Decoy: - 1 x 4 Sea Cat SAM; + 1 x 2 - 40/60 Mk 5

Naval service: No significant events.

Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr and Borys Estrin for additional information on this page.

Daring 1954

 

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