HMS Dauntless (D33)
2010 Type 45 or Daring-class air-defence destroyer of the Royal Navy / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For other ships with the same name, see HMS Dauntless.
HMS Dauntless is the second ship of the Type 45 or Daring-class air-defence destroyers built for the British Royal Navy. She was launched at Govan in January 2007, was handed over to the Royal Navy on 3 December 2009 and was formally commissioned on 3 June 2010.
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Name | HMS Dauntless |
Ordered | 20 December 2000[1] |
Builder | BAE Systems Surface Fleet Solutions |
Yard number | 1062[2] |
Laid down | 28 August 2004 |
Launched | 23 January 2007 |
Commissioned | 3 June 2010[3] |
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Status | In active service |
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Class and type | Type 45 Guided missile destroyer |
Displacement | 8,000[6] to 8,500 t (8,400 long tons; 9,400 short tons)[7][8][9] |
Length | 152.4 m (500 ft 0 in) |
Beam | 21.2 m (69 ft 7 in) |
Draught | 7.4 m (24 ft 3 in) |
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Speed | In excess of 30 kn (56 km/h; 35 mph)[10] |
Range | In excess of 7,000 nautical miles (13,000 km) at 18 kn (33 km/h)[10] |
Complement | 191[11] (accommodation for up to 235) |
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