Ship Index.
9a). - Destroyers, "New Daring Class". - Type 45's.
This section has been added to show the latest Destroyers to enter the Fleet. - 12 were originally on the "cards", - 8 were then contracted for, and we have been left with 6 out of 12 supposedly being built !! - 4 are now in R.N. service afloat. The other 2 are "supposedly" under build, but who knows what will happen in the future with this present Government seemingly determined to sell everything off to the cheapest bidder - if not scrapping them before they even enter service !!.
We were, until recently, stuck with a Brussells controlled "Labour Government", and whose "Expense accounts" and "Tax Fiddles" we as Taxpayers will now have to refund to ourselves. The "New" crowd now in power is something that none of us really ever expected ,or wanted even less, yet they will still cost us all dearly as they are, probably also due to European direction, "Hell Bent" on the destruction of not only the RN but all of our Armed Forces !!
The "Type 45's are being 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.
This section added - Early December 2006. - Latest update. ( # ) - Mid November 2011. - Earlier additions are now unmarked.
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2). Dauntless. D 33 - 6 photo's.
3). Diamond. D 34 - 10 photo's. + a short "Video Clip"
4). Dragon. D 35 - 4 photo's. #
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