Ship Index.
9a. - Destroyers, "New Daring Class". - Type 45's.
This section has been added to show the latest Destroyers soon to enter the Fleet. 12 were originally on the "cards", - 8 were then contracted for, - 6 are "supposedly" under build, we'll probably end up with just these 3 and the rest scrapped in all liklihood. !!
They will all be built using "Stealth" technology and will replace the ageing "Type 42's". Unfortunately they will not have the sleek lines and good looks of their "Stretched" predecessors, even though their capabilities "should" far outweigh them. There is talk of them being able to hit and defend the ship against a "Mach 3 Cricket Ball", - so who fires them then ??.
So far I have been sent photos of these three ships at launch and fit out, and in July 2007, I also have been sent HMS Daring at the start of her "Builders Sea Trials" to show.
I hope that I am soon able to show them under the "White Ensign" once they come to Plymouth to start their "F.O.S.T." training probably around 2009. (That is provided we will still have anything left to call a Navy and a Dockyard by then !!).
This section added - Early December 2006. - Latest update. ( # ) - Mid June 2008. earlier additions now unmarked.
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