Type 45 Daring Class Destroyers
HMS Defender D36
HMS Defender D36, an 8,000 ton Type 45 Destroyer of the Royal Navy, approaches Devonport Naval Base at Western Kings on 6th July 2016. HMS Defender was returning to the UK after a 9 month deployment in the Middle East, and during her 263 days away, she had visited 19 ports and 11 different countries. She is seen visiting Devonport before returning to her home port of Portsmouth the following day.
HMS Defender D36, one of the Royal Navy's six Type 45 'Daring' class destroyers, passes the breakwater in Plymouth Sound as she heads out from Devonport to sea on 29th October 2018. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u62Qq7CdP-Q
HMS Defender D36, a 'Daring' class Type 45 destroyer, leaves Devonport Naval Base at Mutton Cove as she heads from base to sea on 12th November 2018. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5Mq1IlWRNY
HMS Diamond D34
HMS Diamond D34 is a Daring Class Type 45 Destroyer and we see her as she leaves Devonport Naval Base at Devil's Point on 14th June 2016.
Royal Navy Type 45 Destroyer HMS Diamond D34 is seen leaving Devonport Naval Base at Western Kings Battery and then crosses Firestone Bay, Plymouth on 19th January 2017.
HMS Diamond D34 is a Royal Navy Type 45 'Daring' Class Destroyer, and we see her with four of her six sisters at Portsmouth Naval Base on 15th July 2017. Launched in November 2007, she was commissioned into the fleet on 6th May 2011, displaces 8400 tons and is powered by twin Rolls-Royce WR-21 gas turbines which generate 28,800 shp combined with two Wärtsilä 12V200 diesel generators, and is able to reach speeds in excess of 30 knots or 35mph.
HMS Diamond D34, one of the Royal Navy's six Type 45 Destroyers, enters Devonport Naval Base at Devil's Point on 24th August 2018 (whilst heading 1245 sea to base). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EhGnwErWQGA
HMS Diamond D34, the second member of the Royal Navy's 'Daring' Class of Type 45 Destroyers, leaves Devonport Naval Base at Mutton Cove / Royal William Yard as she leaves for guard duty at the Bournemouth Air Show on 29th August 2018. The six Type 45 destroyers, each with a displacement of 10,400 tons are powered by 2 × Rolls-Royce WR-21 gas turbines which generate 28,800 shp each, and are widely considered to be the most advanced air-defence guided missile destroyers of their type in the world.
HMS Dragon D35
HMS Dragon D35, a Royal Navy Type 45 'Daring' class destroyer, is seen undergoing the final stages of construction at BVT Surface Fleet Ship Yard at Govan, on the River Clyde on 18th May 2008. The fourth of six Type 45 destroyers built for the Royal Navy, HMS Dragon was launched on 17th November 2008, and began sea trials on 5th November 2010, before entering Portsmouth, her future home port, for the first time on 31st August 2011. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tSaUyFjhd-A
HMS Dragon D35, a Type 45 'Daring' Class Destroyer of the Royal Navy, is seen entering Devonport Naval Base at Devil's Point on 20th February 2018. HMS Dragon is distinctive in having the Red Dragon, the emblem of Wales, on her bow, and this was the first time I had been able to film this distinctive destroyer. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KgIYDT4XHFk
HMS Dragon D35, a Type 45 'Daring' Class Destroyer of the Royal Navy, leaves Devonport Naval Base and heads out to sea as she prepares to negotiate the 'narrows' as she passes Cremyll and Mount Edgcumbe on 7th May 2018. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxyk8HdWmKg
HMS Duncan D37
HMS Duncan D37 is seen leaving Devonport Naval Base at Mutton Cove on 20th February 2017. Based at Portsmouth, HMS Duncan is one of six 'Daring' Class Type 45 destroyers that are operated by the Royal Navy. Named after Viscount Duncan of Camperdown (1731-1804), who defeated the Dutch fleet at the Battle of Camperdown in 1797, 'Duncan' was launched on 11th October 2010, on the 213th anniversary of the battle. HMS Duncan is the sixth and final 'Daring' Class or Type 45 destroyer and displaces some 7350 tons, and at 152.4 metres long, is longer and heavier than the much loved Type 42s that the 'Daring' Class replaced.