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) |
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Displacement standard, t |
2830 |
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Displacement full, t |
3580 |
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Length, m |
111.6 pp 118.9 oa |
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Breadth, m |
13.1 |
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Draught, m |
4.14 deep load |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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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 |
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Power, h. p. |
54000 |
|
Max speed, kn |
34.75 |
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Fuel, t |
oil 590 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 4400(20) |
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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 |
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Sensors |
3x type 262, type 274, type 275, type 291, type 293Q radars, type 170, type 174 or type 177 sonars |
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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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