HMS Dauntless (D33)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Dauntless.
HMS Dauntless in 2012
History
United Kingdom
Name: HMS Dauntless
Ordered: December 2000
Builder: BAE Systems Surface Fleet Solutions
Yard number: 1062[1]
Laid down: 28 August 2004
Launched: 23 January 2007
Commissioned: 3 June 2010[2]
Identification:
Motto:
  • Nil Desperandum
  • Latin: "Never Despair"
Status: In active service, as of 2014
Badge:
General characteristics
Class and type: Type 45 Guided missile destroyer
Displacement: 8,000[5] to 8,500 t (8,400 long tons; 9,400 short tons)[6][7][8]
Length: 152.4 m (500 ft 0 in)
Beam: 21.2 m (69 ft 7 in)
Draught: 7.4 m (24 ft 3 in)
Installed power:
Propulsion:
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)
Sensors and
processing systems:
Electronic warfare
& decoys:
Armament:
Aircraft carried:
  • 1–2 × Lynx Wildcat, armed with:
    • 4 × anti ship missiles, or
    • 2 × anti submarine torpedoes
  • or
  • 1 × Westland Merlin,[17] armed with:
    • 4 × anti-submarine torpedoes
Aviation facilities:
  • Large flight deck
  • Enclosed hangar

HMS Dauntless is the second ship of the Type 45 or Daring-class air-defence destroyers built for the 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.

Construction

Dauntless’s construction began at the BAE Systems Naval Ships yard at Govan in August 2004 on the River Clyde. 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. Dauntless is the adopted warship of Newcastle-upon-Tyne. 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.

Sea trials

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. Although not yet transferred to the Royal Navy, some of her future crew sailed with her.[18] 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.[19][20] During her sea trials Dauntless made her inaugural visit to her affiliated city of Newcastle upon Tyne in May 2010.

Operational service

Dauntless was commissioned on 3 June 2010 in the presence of her sponsor.[21] 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,[22] and the ship was accepted into service on 16 November the same year.[23]

In May 2011, Dauntless took part in Exercise Saxon Warrior in the Western Approaches, culminating in a so-called 'Thursday War'.[24]

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. 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. The deployment was the first time that two Lynxs had been deployed aboard a Type 45 destroyer.[25][26]

In September 2011, Dauntless was the first of the Type 45 destroyers to visit London. She sailed up the Thames and berthed opposite London City Airport for the Defence and Security Equipment International event.[27] On 25 November 2011, HMS Dauntless hosted Abdullah Gül, President of the Republic of Turkey.[28]

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. The deployment was condemned by the government of Argentina, which claimed that the UK was "militarising the South Atlantic", despite the replacement representing only a modest increase in fighting capacity.[29][30][31] In 2015, Dauntless re-sailed for the Middle East after a short delay, with a plan to take part in the centenary of the Gallipoli Campaign.[32] She is expected to conduct anti-piracy patrols, as well as provide escort to U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70) which is involved in airstrikes against ISIL.[33] In November 2015, she participated with other NATO air defence ships in a "At Sea Demonstration", focusing on anti-ballistic missile warfare.[34]

In April 2016, The Independent stated that the vessel had been relegated to use as a training ship due to manpower and technical shortages, although this is disputed by the MOD.[35]

Characteristics

Commanding officers

Affiliations

Notes

  1. ↑ The Harpoon missile is to be fitted to four of the six ships. HMS Duncan is to be the first.[16]

References

  1. ↑ "HMS Dauntless at Clydebuilt database". Retrieved 21 June 2009.
  2. ↑ "Royal Navy on Crest of a Wave". Royal Navy. Retrieved 3 June 2010.
  3. ↑ "Royal Navy Bridge Card, February 2009" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-07-04. Retrieved 2009-06-20.
  4. ↑ "World Shipping Register - Ship Index". Retrieved 2009-07-12.
  5. ↑ "Type 45 Destroyer". Royal Navy. Retrieved 2011-11-06.
  6. ↑ "HMS Daring leaves Sydney after spectacular week of celebrations". Royal Navy. Retrieved 2013-10-13.
  7. ↑ "For Queen and Country". Navy News (July 2012): Page 8. One hundred or so miles west of the largest city of Abidjan lies the fishing port of Sassandra, too small to accommodate 8,500-tonnes of Type 45.
  8. ↑ "HMS Duncan joins US Carrier on strike operations against ISIL". Navy News. Royal Navy. 7 July 2015. Retrieved 9 July 2015. As well as supporting the international effort against the ISIL fundamentalists – the 8,500-tonne warship has also joined the wider security mission in the region.
  9. ↑ "HMS Daring". Wärtsilä. Retrieved 2011-08-01.
  10. 1 2 "HMS Daring - Type 45 facts by Royal Navy.pdf". Retrieved 22 July 2016.
  11. ↑ Royal Navy (11 July 2013). "A Global Force 2012/13" (pdf). Newsdesk Media. ISBN 978-1-906940-75-1. Complement as of 24 April 2013
  12. ↑ "Raytheon Press Release" (PDF). 2006-03-08. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
  13. ↑ "Jane's Electro-Optic Systems". 2010-10-28. Retrieved 2011-08-21.
  14. ↑ "Fleet to get the latest in electronic surveillance" (PDF). DESider. Ministry of Defence. September 2012. p. 18.
  15. ↑ "UK to buy Shaman CESM for Seaseeker SIGINT programme". IHS Janes Defense. 29 June 2014.
  16. ↑ Royal Navy - HMS Duncan, royalnavy.mod.uk
  17. ↑ "Air Defence Destroyer (T45)". Royal Navy. Archived from the original on 31 October 2007. Retrieved 2007-11-20.
  18. ↑ Damien Henderson (2008-11-15). "HMS Dauntless departs for trials as Dragon is prepared for launch". The Herald (Glasgow). Retrieved 2008-11-16.
  19. ↑ "Dauntless Enters Portsmouth". Royal Navy Website. 2 December 2009. Retrieved 2009-12-02.
  20. ↑ "New warship handed over to Navy". BBC News Website. 3 December 2009. Retrieved 2009-12-03.
  21. ↑ "HMS Dauntless commissioned into fleet". Ministry of Defence. Retrieved 2010-09-27.
  22. ↑ "Sea Viper fired from Type 45". 1 October 2010. Retrieved 2010-11-19.
  23. ↑ "Dauntless enters into service". The News. 18 November 2010. Retrieved 2010-11-19.
  24. ↑ "George Bush bound for Portsmouth after war games with Royal Navy". Navy News. 23 May 2011. Retrieved 2011-05-26.
  25. ↑ "Tsar turn from Dauntless at war games". Navy News. 22 June 2011. Retrieved 2011-06-22.
  26. ↑ http://www.navynews.co.uk/news/1270-lynx-pairing-helps-dauntless-pass-another-milestone.aspx
  27. ↑ "London Calling For HMS Dauntless". Retrieved 13 September 2011.
  28. ↑ cumhurbaskanligi@tccb.gov.tr. "T.C. CUMHURBAŞKANLIĞI :". Retrieved 23 July 2016.
  29. ↑ "HMS Dauntless to set sail for the Falklands as tensions build with Argentina". Retrieved 23 July 2016.
  30. ↑ "HMS Dauntless destroyer deployed to Falklands by navy". BBC News. 31 January 2012.
  31. ↑ "Downing Street denies UK is 'militarising' Falklands". BBC News. 8 February 2012.
  32. ↑ "HMS Dauntless sails to the Gulf for anti-piracy patrols - Royal Navy". Retrieved 23 July 2016.
  33. ↑ "HMS Dauntless arrives East of Suez". Royal Navy. 28 January 2015. Retrieved 29 January 2015.
  34. ↑ "Successful completion of At Sea Demonstration - Royal Navy". Retrieved 23 July 2016.
  35. ↑ "Falklands left with no Royal Navy protection for first time since war". The Independent. Retrieved 2016-04-03.
  36. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 "'Affiliations | Royal Navy'". Royal Navy Website. Retrieved 2013-02-10.
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