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HMS Dragon (D35)
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| Career United Kingdom |  |
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| Ordered: | December 2000 |
| Builder: | BAE Systems |
| Laid down: | 19 December 2005 |
| Launched: | Unknown |
| Commissioned: | Unknown |
| Status: | Building |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 7350 tonnes |
| Length: | 152.4 m |
| Beam: | 21.2 m |
| Draught: | 7.4 m |
| Propulsion: | 2 Rolls-Royce WR-21 gas turbines, Alstom electric motors |
| Speed: | 29+ knots[1] |
| Range: | 7,000 nautical miles (13,000 km) at economical speed |
| Complement: | 190 |
| Sensors and processing systems: | SAMPSON radar S1850M 3D radar |
| Electronic warfare and decoys: | Seagnat SSTD[3] |
| Armament: | PAAMS Air Defence System 2 Phalanx CIWS (Close-in weapons system) |
| Aircraft carried: | 1 x Lynx HMA8 or 1 x Westland Merlin HM1[4] |
| Motto: | "We yield but to St George" |
| Honours and awards: | Portland 1653, Gabbard 1653, Schveningen 1653, Lowestoft 1655, Four Days Battle 1666, Orfordness 1666, Bugia 1671, Barfleur 1692, Toulon 1744, Belleisle 1761, Martinique 1762, Havana 1762, Egypt 1801, Calder's Action 1805, Baltic 1854-55, Suez 1882 Arctic 1944 |
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HMS Dragon is the fourth ship of the Type 45 or 'D' Class of air defence destroyers being built for the Royal Navy.
Dragon's construction began at the BAE Systems Naval Ships yard at Scotstoun on the River Clyde in December 2005, and by December 2007 the bow section was in place on the BAE Systems Govan slipway for mating with the other modules.
The Type 45 class is both the first class of warship to include e-mail and entertainment systems (including iPod charging points) within the messdecks and the first class of Royal Navy vessel to include gender-neutral living spaces to accommodate male and female crew members.
The Daring class will be one of the most advanced air-defence warship classes in the world.[5] The ship's capabilites centre on the SAMPSON Multi Function Radar which can detect targets out to a distance of 400 km and the PAAMS missile system.
It will be affliated to the capital of Wales, Cardiff.
- ^ MacDermid, Alan. "Daring is mean, green and built for speed", The Herald, 2007-08-15. Retrieved on 2007-08-15.
- ^ EDO Corporation selected by ULTRA Electronics to provide sonar systems. EDO Corp. Retrieved on 2007-11-30.
- ^ Air Defence Destroyer (T45). Royal Navy. Retrieved on 2007-11-20.
- ^ Air Defence Destroyer (T45). Royal Navy. Retrieved on 2007-11-20.
- ^ "World's most advanced destroyer launched tomorrow", The Times, Times Newspapers, 2007-01-22, p. 37. Retrieved on 2007-01-23.
- BBC - Thousands cheer on warship launch
- BBC - Daring launch good news for Clyde
- Engadget - British warships fitted with Ipod docks and surround sound
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