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The Type 45 destroyer’s official role centres on protecting a fleet from air attack. The Royal Navy also describes maritime security and disaster-relief tasks for HMS Daring.
United KingdomHMS Daring departing Portsmouth; lead ship of the Type 45 class.
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The system in detail
This overview uses the lead ship’s official page as its starting source. Ship-specific refits and equipment changes should be recorded against a named vessel and date before being applied across the class.
The source provides a ship length but does not define the loading condition of its headline tonnage. A displacement comparison needs standard or full-load conditions, and a crew total needs an embarked-personnel definition.
Type 45 destroyer
BAE Systems Maritime – Naval Ships
Royal Navy
Type 42
Type 83 (cancelled)
Over £ 1.050 billion per ship incl. research, development and weapons, £ 650 million per ship excl. R&D
2003–2012
12 (2000), 8 (2004), 6 (ordered)
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6
Guided-missile destroyer
7,350 to 8,500 tonnes (8,400 long tons; 9,400 short tons)
152.4 m (500 ft)
21.2 m (69 ft 7 in)
7.4 m (24 ft 3 in)
2 × Rolls-Royce WR-21 gas turbines , 21.5 MW (28,800 shp ) each, and: 2 × Wärtsilä 12V200 diesel generators, 2 MW (2,700 shp) each, or: 3 × MTU 4000 series diesel generators, 3 MW (4,000 shp) each
2 shafts integrated electric propulsion with 2 × GE Power Conversion Advanced Induction Motors and VDM25000 Drives, 20 MW (27,000 shp) each
In excess of 30 kn (56 km/h; 35 mph)
In excess of 7,000 nautical miles (13,000 km; 8,000 mi) at 18 kn (33 km/h; 21 mph)
191 (accommodation for up to 285)
SAMPSON multi-function air tracking radar (Type 1045) S1850M 3-D air surveillance radar (Type 1046) Raytheon Integrated Bridge and Navigation System 2 × Raytheon AHRS INS (MINS 2) 2 × Raytheon I-band Radar (Type 1047) 1 × Raytheon E / F-band Radar (Type 1048) Ultra Electronics Series 2500 Electro-Optical Gun Control System (EOGCS) Ultra Electronics SML Technologies radar tracking system Ultra Electronics/ EDO MFS-7000 sonar
UAT Mod 2.0 (2.1 planned) AN/SSQ-130 Ship Signal Exploitation Equipment (SSEE) Increment F cryptologic exploitation system Seagnat (to be replaced by SEA Ancilia decoy launcher system under contract awarded in 2024) Naval Decoy IDS300 Surface Ship Torpedo Defence
Anti-air missiles : PAAMS air-defence system 48 × Sylver vertical launching system A50 for: Aster 15 missiles (range 1.7–30 km) Aster 30 missiles (range 3–120 km), to be upgraded with a ballistic missile defence capability , called Sea Viper Evolution. 24 × Sea Ceptor silos to be fitted starting on HMS Defender from 2026 for: 24 × surface-to-air missiles that will replace the Aster 15 missiles to allow all 48 × Sylver vertical launching systems to be used for Aster 30]. Anti-ship missiles : Harpoon Block 1C SSMs , originally fit (retired 2023); to be replaced with Naval Strike Missile in due course Guns : 1 × 4.5-inch Mark 8 naval gun 2 × DS30B Mk 1 30 mm guns 2 × 20 mm Phalanx CIWS 2 × 7.62 mm Miniguns (replaced by Browning .50 caliber heavy machine guns as of 2023) 6 × 7.62 mm general purpose machine guns Planned anti-drone CIWS: [2 x DragonFire laser-based directed energy weapon (DEW) : to be fit to at least two ships of the class starting in 2027]
Kevlar splinter protection, 70 mm magazine/VLS
1 or 2 × Wildcat HMA2 , armed with: 4 × Sea Venom anti-ship missiles (initial operating capability from October 2025; full operating capability projected from 2026), or 2 × Sting Ray anti-submarine torpedoes, or 20 × Martlet multirole missiles (from 2021) Mk 11 depth charges or 1 × Merlin HM2 , armed with: 4 × Sting Ray anti submarine torpedoes
Chinook capable flight deck Enclosed hangar
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Reference text from Wikipedia contributors, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Type 45 equipment records. Variants, orders and quantities are shown as reported in each inventory source; coverage is incomplete.
United KingdomNaval inventory of the source class and listed configurations; excludes orders and construction. Source-year holdings, not immediately deployable strength.