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The Royal Navy’s destroyers are to be given extra – and enhanced – firepower to fend off the latest threats from ballistic missiles to fast-moving speedboats, jet skis and attack craft. All six Type 45s – HM Ships Daring, Dauntless, Diamond, Dragon, Defender and Duncan – will be fitted with the Sea Ceptor missile system on top of crucial upgrades…
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March 24, 2021 – HMS Dragon has been put through her paces with weeks of intense training as she builds up to operations. The Portsmouth-based ship went through several challenging scenarios including simulated attacks from fast craft and from the air. The Type 45 destroyer was tasked with protecting the fictitious Freeport – what Plymouth is known as during training…
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March 17, 2021 (Google Translation) – The S1850M Long Range Radar, from HMS Dauntless (Royal Navy’s Type 45 class), has officially been completely revised since last week. The overhaul was part of the ship’s ‘Upkeep 2020’ program and included a digital ‘factory acceptance test’ (FAT)! Test and Support manager Bernard Haanappel: “Such an overhaul involves the replacement and refurbishment of…
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March 2, 2021 – HMS Defender has left Portsmouth to take part in intensive training ahead of a busy year as part of HMS Queen Elizabeth’s Carrier Strike Group 21 mission. The Type 45 Destroyer recently sailed from Portsmouth to take part in intensive training to prepare for missions around the world this spring on HMS Queen Elizabeth’s landmark deployment.…
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October 22, 2020 – Rolls-Royce has signed a collaborative agreement with the UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) to strengthen ways of working across key Royal Navy programs. The Memorandum of Understanding describes a commitment of both parties to work together to deliver on-going support for Rolls-Royce MT30 and WR-21 engines and an understanding of how that will be done. Alex…
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The information requested is provided in the following tables. Type 23 Frigates: FRIGATE 2015 2016 2017 2018 ARGYLL 25 0 111 141 IRON DUKE 85 132 94 0 KENT 124 67 0 57 LANCASTER 157 0 0 0 MONMOUTH 68 113 209 131 MONTROSE 0 0 41 145 NORTHUMBERLAND 48 0 0 117 PORTLAND 107 176 41 0 RICHMOND 180…
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March 20, 2020 – HMS Defender returned to HM Naval Base Portsmouth this morning after a hugely successful 222 days away from home. Due to crew shortages, no replacement was deployed. Her crew of 270 and embarked helicopter from 815 Naval Air Squadron safely accompanied 38 British-flagged tankers and cargo ships through troubled waters and made two significant drug seizures.…
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