HMS Duncan (D37)

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For other ships with the same name, see HMS Duncan.
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Duncan passing Clydebank, whilst departing on her first set of contractor Sea trials, August 2012.
History
Royal Navy EnsignUnited Kingdom
Name: HMS Duncan
Namesake: Adam Duncan, Viscount Duncan of Camperdown
Ordered: December 2000
Builder: BAE Systems Surface Ships
Laid down: 26 January 2007
Launched: 11 October 2010
Sponsored by: Mrs Marie Ibbotson
Commissioned: 26 September 2013[1]
Identification:
Motto:
  • Secundis dubusque rectus
  • ("Upright in prosperity and peril")
Status: In active service, as of 2015
Badge:
  • On a Field Red, a hunting horn silver
  • HMS Duncan crest.jpg
General characteristics
Type: Guided missile destroyer
Displacement: 8,000 t (7,900 long tons; 8,800 short tons)[3]
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 29 kn (54 km/h; 33 mph)[5]
Range: 7,000 nautical miles (13,000 km) at 18 kn (33 km/h)
Complement: 190
Sensors and
processing systems:
Electronic warfare
& decoys:
Armament:
Aircraft carried:
Aviation facilities:
  • Large flight deck
  • Enclosed hangar

HMS Duncan is the sixth and last of the Type 45 or Daring-class air-defence destroyers built for the Royal Navy. Duncan is named after Adam Duncan, Viscount Duncan of Camperdown (1 July 1731 – 4 August 1804), who defeated the Dutch fleet at the Battle of Camperdown on 11 October 1797.

Operational history

Duncan's construction began at the BAE Systems Naval Ships (now part of BAE Systems Surface Ships) yards at Govan and Scotstoun on the River Clyde in 2006. She was launched from Govan on 11 October 2010,[10] on the 213th anniversary of the Battle of Camperdown).[11] HMS Duncan sailed from Scotstoun shipyard, Glasgow on 31 August 2012 to commence sea trials.[12] Duncan, the sixth and last type 45 destroyer, was commissioned on 26 September 2013.[1] She entered service on 30 December 2013, 4 months ahead of schedule, after a period of trials and training.[13]

On 2 March 2015, Duncan left HMNB Portsmouth on her maiden deployment to the Mediterranean and Middle East.[14] On 7 July 2015, Duncan joined up with the U.S. Navy Carrier Strike Group Twelve to strike the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.[15]

Characteristics

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Main article: Type 45 destroyer § Characteristics

Advanced air-defence

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Further information: PAAMS, SAMPSON, S1850M, and Aster (missile family)

The Type 45 destroyers are primarily designed for anti-air warfare with the capability to defend against sophisticated targets such as fighter aircraft, drones as well as highly maneuverable sea skimming anti-ship missiles travelling at supersonic speeds.[16] The Royal Navy describes the destroyers' mission as being "to shield the Fleet from air attack".[17] The Type 45 destroyer is equipped with the sophisticated Sea Viper (PAAMS) air-defence system utilizing the SAMPSON active electronically scanned array multi-function radar and the S1850M long-range radar. The PAAMS system is able to track over 2,000 targets and simultaneously control and coordinate multiple missiles in the air at once, allowing a large number of tracks to be intercepted and destroyed at any given time. This makes the PAAMS system particularly difficult to swamp during a saturation attack, even against supersonic targets.[18] The USNWC has suggested that the SAMPSON radar is capable of tracking 1,000 objects the size of a cricket ball travelling at three times the speed of sound (Mach 3), emphasising the system's capabilities against high performance stealth targets.[16] A core component of the PAAMS air-defence system is the Aster missile, composing of the Aster 15 and Aster 30. MBDA describe Aster as a "hit-to-kill" anti-missile missile capable of intercepting all types of high performance air threats at a maximum range of 120 km.[19] The Aster missile is autonomously guided and equipped with an active RF seeker enabling it to cope with "saturated attacks" thanks to a "multiple engagement capability" and a "high rate of fire".[19] Presently the Daring-class destroyers are equipped with a 48-cell A50 Sylver Vertical Launching System allowing for a mix of up-to 48 Aster 15 and 30 missiles.

Weapons, countermeasures, capabilities and sensors

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Main article: Type 45 destroyer § Weapons, countermeasures, capabilities and sensors

In 2014, the Royal Navy website stated that Duncan would be the first Type 45 destroyer to be armed with the Harpoon anti-ship missile system.[20]

On 2 March 2015, Duncan left Portsmouth armed with Harpoon anti-ship missiles.[14]

Affiliations

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The Portsmouth-built bow section of HMS Duncan waiting to be joined to the rest of the ship at Govan Shipyard in Glasgow during October 2009.

Footnotes

Notes
  1. ↑ The Harpoon missile is to be fitted to four of the six ships. HMS Duncan is to be the first.[8]
References
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  8. ↑ Royal Navy - HMS Duncan, royalnavy.mod.uk
  9. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.[dead link]
  10. ↑ Down the slipway and into history - Clyde launch ends an era
  11. ↑ "Final Destroyer launched on Clyde," BBC, 11 October 2010.
  12. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  13. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
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  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
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  19. ↑ 19.0 19.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  20. ↑ HMS Duncan, royalnavy.mod.uk
  21. ↑ 21.00 21.01 21.02 21.03 21.04 21.05 21.06 21.07 21.08 21.09 21.10 21.11 21.12 21.13 21.14 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.

External links

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