5/16/2023 0 Comments Dauntless builder![]() In January 2012, it was announced that Dauntless would deploy to the South Atlantic to replace HMS Montrose which was stationed around the Falkland Islands. On 25 November 2011, HMS Dauntless hosted Abdullah Gül, President of the Republic of Turkey. She sailed up the Thames and berthed opposite London City Airport for the Defence and Security Equipment International event. In September 2011, Dauntless was the first of the Type 45 destroyers to visit London. The deployment was the first time that two Lynxs had been deployed aboard a Type 45 destroyer. En route in the Atlantic she rendezvoused and conducted manoeuvres with the Russian destroyer Admiral Chabanenko, which was also heading for the FRUKUS exercises, conducting cross helicopter exercises which saw Dauntless ' two Lynx helicopters land on the Admiral Chabanenko. In June 2011, Dauntless sailed across the Atlantic Ocean to Norfolk, Virginia, to take part in the FRUKUS war game exercises between Russia, France, the United States and the United Kingdom. In May 2011, Dauntless took part in Exercise Saxon Warrior in the Western Approaches, culminating in a so-called ' Thursday War'. The MoD confirmed on 1 October 2010 that she had completed the first Sea Viper firing on a Hebridean firing range earlier in the week, and the ship was accepted into service on 16 November the same year. During her sea trials Dauntless made her inaugural visit to her affiliated city of Newcastle upon Tyne in May 2010.ĭauntless was commissioned on 3 June 2010 in the presence of her sponsor. Dauntless arrived at HMNB Portsmouth for the first time on 2 December 2009, and was formally handed over to the Ministry of Defence by her builders on 3 December 2009. Although not yet transferred to the Royal Navy, some of her future crew sailed with her. Upon completing her fitting out stage, HMS Dauntless sailed from the Clyde for the first time on 14 November 2008 to conduct sea trials, testing power and propulsion, weapons and communications systems. Because her modules were put together outside at BAE Govan, it was possible to complete more of her structure than her sister ship, Daring, which was launched from the covered facility at Scotstoun the previous year. Dauntless is the adopted warship of Newcastle-upon-Tyne. She was launched on 23 January 2007 at 3.25 pm by Lady Burnell-Nugent, wife of Admiral Sir James Burnell-Nugent, the then- Commander-in-Chief Fleet. 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.ĭauntless 's construction began at the BAE Systems Naval Ships yard at Govan in August 2004 on the River Clyde. HMS Dauntless is the second ship of the Type 45 or Daring-class air-defence destroyers built for the British Royal Navy. 6 × 7.62 mm general purpose machine guns.Up to 8 × Harpoon missile (intermittently deployed since 2022 to be replaced with Naval Strike Missile from 2023/24).24 × surface-to-air missiles that will replace the Aster 15 missiles to allow all 48× Sylver Vertical Launching Systems to be used for Aster 30.].[24 × cell Sea Ceptor silos to be fitted from 2026 for:.Aster 30 missiles (range 3–120 km), to be upgraded with a ballistic missile defence capability.48 × Sylver Vertical Launching System A50 for:.AN/SSQ-130 Ship Signal Exploitation Equipment (SSEE) Increment F cryptologic exploitation system.Ultra Electronics SML Technologies radar tracking system.Ultra Electronics Series 2500 Electro-Optical Gun Control System (EOGCS).Raytheon Integrated Bridge and Navigation System.S1850M 3-D air surveillance radar (Type 1046). ![]() SAMPSON multi-function air tracking radar (Type 1045).2 × Converteam electric motors, 20 MW (27,000 shp) each.2 shafts integrated electric propulsion with.3 × MTU 4000 series diesel generators, 3 MW (4,000 shp) each.
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