Daring 2010
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Daring | D32 | BAE, Scotstoun | 28.3.2003 | 1.2.2006 | 23.7.2009 | in service (2019) | |
| Dauntless | D33 | BAE, Govan | 4.8.2004 | 23.1.2007 | 3.6.2010 | in service (2019) | |
| Diamond | D34 | BAE, Govan | 25.2.2005 | 27.11.2007 | 6.5.2011 | in service (2019) | |
| Dragon | D35 | BAE, Govan | 20.12.2005 | 17.11.2008 | 28.4.2012 | in service (2019) | |
| Defender | D36 | BAE, Govan | 28.5.2007 | 21.10.2009 | 21.3.2013 | in service (2019) | |
| Duncan | D37 | BAE, Govan | 29.2.2008 | 11.10.2010 | 26.9.2013 | in service (2019) |
|
Displacement standard, t |
5800 |
|
Displacement full, t |
7450 |
|
Length, m |
141.1 pp 152.4 oa |
|
Breadth, m |
21.2 |
|
Draught, m |
5.50 |
|
No of shafts |
2 |
|
Machinery |
2 Rolls-Royce/Northrop Grumman WR-21 gas turbine generators, 2 Wärtsilä 12V200 diesel-generators, 2 Converteam electric motors |
|
Power, h. p. |
67060 + 5440 = 68000 |
|
Max speed, kts |
30 |
|
Fuel, t |
gas turbine oil + diesel oil |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 7000(18) |
|
Armament |
2 x 4 Harpoon SSM (8 RGM-84C), 6 x 8 Sea Viper SAM (VLS, 32 Aster-30, 16 Aster-15), 1 x 1 - 114/55 Mk 8 Mod. 1, 2 x 1 - 30/75 DS-30M Mk 2, 2 x 6 - 20/76 Phalanx Mk 15 Mod. 1B, 1 helicopter (Merlin HM.2 or Wildcat HMA.2) |
|
Electronic equipment |
type 1045, type 1046, type 1008, 2x type 1047 radars, 2x EOGS 2500 e/o dystems, type 2100 sonar, EWCP ECM suite (RESM + UAT-16), 4x DLH SIREN decoy RL, type 2170 SSTD torpedo decoy, 2x DLF(3) floating decoy launchers, CMS-1 CCS |
|
Complement |
190 + 45 commandos |
Project history: British participation in the
1991 Project Horizon Common New-Generation Frigate program with France and Italy
was terminated on 21.4.1999, but the UK stated a commitment to continuing the
program's PAAMS (principal anti-air missile system) development effort, with the
French Aster-15 and Aster-30 missile family. To meet a requirement for new large
AAW ships, a new design was prepared. The formal order for the first six was
placed on 18.2.2002. Unit cost per ship had been hoped to be around $435
million, but by 2009 the total projected cost for the six destroyers had risen
to £6.46 billion, or roughly £1.076 billion each.
The ships are built in six blocks with work divided between
BAE Systems' Govan, Portsmouth, and Scotstoun yards. D32 completed assembly at
Scotstoun with final assembly of the remaining vessels taking place at Govan.
Changes in the design early in 2000 brought the hull flare up
to the main deck, increasing overall beam and length, while the superstructure
ended up being more sharply sloped than had originally been planned. The design
employs Lloyds rather than Admiralty construction standards for warships.
Maximum speed of 29 kts was expected, but D32 reached 31.5 kts during sea
trials. The Rolls-Royce-Northrop Grumman WR-21 ICR gas turbine employs the core
of the Rolls-Royce RB-211-535 aircraft engine; the plant is fuel efficient over
a wide speed range. An integrated electric drive propulsion plant and
fixed-pitch propellers are employed, although they are designed to enable their
blade pitch to be increased up to 3° over the lives of the ships. Alstom Power
Conversion received a contract on 31.7.2000 to design and develop the electric
motors for the class. Litton Marine Systems and Rockwell Automation provide an
integrated platform management system. The ships can accommodate helicopters up
to the size of a Chinook.
The combat system is the BAe Defence Systems CMS-1 (based on
the DNA1 SSCS) and is compatible with NATO Improved Link 11, Link 14, and Link
16; the system incorporates mostly existing equipment. The U.S. CEC (Cooperative
Engagement Capability) is not fitted at the outset but may be installed during a
future refit. The BAE Type 1045 (SAMPSON) target tracking and illumination radar
uses a back-to-back/two-faced antenna array that rotates at the high speed of 30
revolutions per minute to maintain continuous radar coverage. The SAMPSON is a
developed version of the multifunction electronically scanned adaptive radar (MESAR).
The radar utilizes digital adaptive beam forming, which makes it highly
resistant to jamming. The Type 1046 (S1850M Smartello) long-range search radar
is an improved version of the Thales SMART-L radar integrated with a new
transmitter based on that of the Marconi Martello radar. Raytheon Systems
provides the navigation and integrated bridge navigational systems. The
hull-mounted sonar, a variant of the EDO Model 997 refitted to Brazilian
Niterói-class frigates, was selected in 2001. In place of the originally
selected 127-mm weapon for the Horizon class, the ships carry Vickers 114 Mk 8
Mod. 1 gunmounts recycled from the Type 42 destroyers; in the future these could
be replaced with a large 155-mm gun, such as the U.S. Advanced Gun System.
Harpoon SSMs are today carried by only three ships of the class, 324mm ASW
torpedo tubes are not normally carried, but space is reserved for their
installation. Later units may eventually be equipped with two eight-cell Mk
41VLS to be able to launch Tomahawk land-attack missiles. A ballistic missile
defense role is also under consideration.
Modernizations: 2013, all: + Shaman/Sextant ISTAR ECM suite
Naval service: No significant events.
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