OVER THE HILL Posted 10 January, 2012 Share Posted 10 January, 2012 HMS Daring ,the Royal Navy's new type 45 destroyer leaves Portsmouth for her maiden deployment tomorrow. http://www.portsmouth.co.uk/news/defence/hms_daring_s_crew_are_ready_for_anything_says_captain_ahead_of_middle_east_deployment_1_3403891 According to the report this warship cost £1bn and five more are being built. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dubai_phil Posted 10 January, 2012 Share Posted 10 January, 2012 Just in time to get whacked by a nutter in a speedboat with an RPG in the Straits of Hormuz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anothersaintinsouthsea Posted 10 January, 2012 Share Posted 10 January, 2012 HMS Daring ,the Royal Navy's new type 45 destroyer leaves Portsmouth for her maiden deployment tomorrow. http://www.portsmouth.co.uk/news/defence/hms_daring_s_crew_are_ready_for_anything_says_captain_ahead_of_middle_east_deployment_1_3403891 According to the report this warship cost £1bn and five more are being built. Most of the cost is the weapons/radar system, amazing piece of kit. They claim that if it was moored in London it could detect an enemy missile/jet at Lands End and shoot it down before it reached Dorset. If you drive along the M27 and look at the top of Portsdown Hill you can see the test radar tower that is identical to the ones on these destroyers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
um pahars Posted 10 January, 2012 Share Posted 10 January, 2012 Hasn't she been over at Marchwood MP for a few days???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dingbattigger Posted 10 January, 2012 Share Posted 10 January, 2012 Thought this thread was gonna tell us who finally killed them off:lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OVER THE HILL Posted 10 January, 2012 Author Share Posted 10 January, 2012 Thought this thread was gonna tell us who finally killed them off:lol: Sorry to build your hopes up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHAPEL END CHARLIE Posted 10 January, 2012 Share Posted 10 January, 2012 God's speed HMS Daring and do us proud, a fine ship being put in harms way it would seem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alpine_saint Posted 10 January, 2012 Share Posted 10 January, 2012 HMS Daring ,the Royal Navy's new type 45 destroyer leaves Portsmouth for her maiden deployment tomorrow. http://www.portsmouth.co.uk/news/defence/hms_daring_s_crew_are_ready_for_anything_says_captain_ahead_of_middle_east_deployment_1_3403891 According to the report this warship cost £1bn and five more are being built. Dauntless and Diamond are already in service (Dauntless is on standby to go out to the Gulf at short notice too), Dragon and Defender are on the first stage of trials, Duncan is still being built. A pity the other planned 6 were cancelled, but on the other hand, watch this space : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UXV_Combatant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aintforever Posted 10 January, 2012 Share Posted 10 January, 2012 Another f*cking massive waste of cash, commissioned bt that one eyed Scottish idiot no doubt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buctootim Posted 11 January, 2012 Share Posted 11 January, 2012 Dauntless and Diamond are already in service (Dauntless is on standby to go out to the Gulf at short notice too), Dragon and Defender are on the first stage of trials, Duncan is still being built. A pity the other planned 6 were cancelled, but on the other hand, watch this space : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UXV_Combatant Why the ***** would they name a warship Duncan? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trousers Posted 11 January, 2012 Share Posted 11 January, 2012 Why the ***** would they name a warship Duncan? Because 'Barry', 'Colin' and 'Trevor' were already taken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alpine_saint Posted 11 January, 2012 Share Posted 11 January, 2012 (edited) Why the ***** would they name a warship Duncan? I know, it sounds odd. Like something out of Thomas the Tank Engine, but apparently there have been quite a few HMS Duncans going back to commemorating some RN admiral that hammered the bejesus out of the Dutch Navy at the end of the 18th Century in the Battle of Camperdown. The USN also use the name USS Duncan, but commemorating a different bloke. Apparently Silas Duncan was involved in some early punch-up over the Falklands. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Duncan Edited 11 January, 2012 by alpine_saint Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dimond Geezer Posted 11 January, 2012 Share Posted 11 January, 2012 Why the ***** would they name a warship Duncan? Probably after King Duncan of Scotland. I suspect the Jocks may claim it as theirs once they gain independence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pancake Posted 11 January, 2012 Share Posted 11 January, 2012 Why the ***** would they name a warship Duncan? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Duncan,_1st_Viscount_Duncan_of_Camperdown Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anothersaintinsouthsea Posted 11 January, 2012 Share Posted 11 January, 2012 Another f*cking massive waste of cash, commissioned bt that one eyed Scottish idiot no doubt. No. HTH. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dubai_phil Posted 11 January, 2012 Share Posted 11 January, 2012 Hope it has state of the art sonar systems. So it won't crash into poopey's new underwater stadium on the way in and out of it's home port Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ecuk268 Posted 11 January, 2012 Share Posted 11 January, 2012 God's speed HMS Daring and do us proud, a fine ship being put in harms way it would seem. Isn't that what they're paid for? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pugwash Posted 11 January, 2012 Share Posted 11 January, 2012 Hasn't she been over at Marchwood MP for a few days???? Yes, she was over there yesterday, presumably provisioning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PompeyLass Posted 11 January, 2012 Share Posted 11 January, 2012 Another f*cking massive waste of cash, commissioned bt that one eyed Scottish idiot no doubt. Yep course it is, let's not spend any money trying to defend our country !!! They've taken more Navy ships out of service than they have commissioned ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thedelldays Posted 11 January, 2012 Share Posted 11 January, 2012 Why the ***** would they name a warship Duncan? the naming of warships is very historical Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thedelldays Posted 11 January, 2012 Share Posted 11 January, 2012 not a patch on the Astute class SSGNs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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