HMS Delight Download high resolution version (1024x833, 105 KB)HMS Delight (Daring-class destroyer of 1949). ...
Daring-class
General Characteristics
Displacement:	2,830 tons standard / 3,820 tons full load
Length:	390 ft (119 m)
Beam:	53 ft (16.2 m)
Draught:	13.6 ft (4.1 m)
Propulsion:	Parsons steam turbines (English Electric in RAN ships), 2 shafts, 2 boilers, 54,000 shp (40 MW)
Speed:	30 knots (56 km/h)
Range:
Complement:	297
Armament:	3 x twin 4.5 in (114 mm) guns 1 x twin Mk2 STAAG 40 mm gun 2 x twin Mk5 40 mm Bofors guns (replaced STAAG) 1 x Mk10 Limbo ASW mortar 1 x Mk4 Squid ASW mortar (replaced Mk10 Limbo) 5 x 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes (later removed. Ten in RAN ships) The White Ensign of the Royal Navy. ...

The Daring class were an eight-ship class of destroyers of the Royal Navy (RN) that were laid down during and after World War II, though like many other classes, their construction was halted for quite a while, indeed, the Darings were not commissioned until the 1950s. Two of the ships, Danae and Delight, were originally part of the Battle-class, though only Delight, originally Ypres, then Disdain, before finally being renamed to Delight, was commissioned. Three ships, Vampire, Vendetta and Voyager, were built for the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) and were known as the Voyager-class, with another ship, Duchess, being loaned, then subsequently sold to them. USS Lassen, an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer In naval terminology, a destroyer is a fast and maneuverable yet long-endurance warship intended to escort larger vessels in a fleet or battle group and defend them against smaller, short-range attackers (originally torpedo boats, later submarines and aircraft). ... The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom is the senior service of the British armed services, being the oldest of its three branches. ... World War II was a truly global conflict with many facets: immense human suffering, fierce indoctrinations, and the use of new, extremely devastating weapons like the atom bomb World War II, also known as the Second World War, was a mid-20th-century conflict that engulfed much of the globe... // Events and trends The 1950s in Western society was marked with a sharp rise in the economy for the first time in almost 30 years and return to the 1920s-type consumer society built on credit and boom-times, as well as the height of the baby-boom from returning... The Battle class were destroyers of the British Royal Navy (RN), built in two groups, the first group of which sixteen were built, the second of which only eight commissioned out of a projected eighteen, of which two, Vimiera and Ypres became part of the Daring-class, being renamed Danae... The Royal Australian Navy (RAN} is the naval branch of the Australian Defence Force. ...

There were nine cancelled ships of the Daring class in total; these were Danae, Demon, Desire, Desperate, Doughty, Dragon, Druid, Dogstar and Disdain.

The Darings were the largest destroyers then built at that time for the RN, at 390 ft (119 m), compared to the Battles at 379 ft (116 m), their predecessor, as-well as a full load displacement of 3,820 t which eclipsed the Battles 3,430 t. The Darings were the last conventional gun destroyers of the RN and fittingly were armed with three twin 4.5 in (114 mm) guns. The classs was also armed with 1 STAAG dual 40 mm gun, which was later replaced by two Mk5 dual 40 mm guns. The SeaCat missile launcher was fitted briefly to Diana, however, it was later removed and never fitted to the rest of the Darings. Sea Cat is a surface to air missile system intended for use aboard small warships. ...

The class saw faithful service with the RN and RAN for quite some time, seeing service in a number of conflicts. HMS Delight, and HMAS Duchess, Vampire and Vendetta took part in the Indonesian Confrontation, with Vendetta also seeing service during the Vietnam War in 1970. Sadly, tragedy struck in peacetime, when in 1964, HMAS Voyager was cut in half by the aircraft carrier HMAS Melbourne and sank with the loss of eighty-one of her crew. The Darings received little modernisation during their time in the RN, and so, in the 1970s, all ships in RN service were decommissioned. Two ships, Decoy and Diana, were sold to the Peruvian Navy. The last RAN ship to be decommissioned was Vampire in 1987. Vampire is now a museum-ship at Darling Harbour, Sydney. The Indonesia-Malaysia confrontation was an intermittent war over the future of the island of Borneo, between British-backed Malaysia and Indonesia in 1962-1966. ... The Vietnam War or Second Indochina War was a conflict between the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (DRVN, or North Vietnam), allied with the National Liberation Front (NLF, or Viet Cong) against the Republic of Vietnam (RVN, or South Vietnam), and their allies—notably the United States military in support of... 1970 was a common year starting on Thursday. ... 1964 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Three ships of the Royal Australian Navy have been named HMAS Melbourne after Melbourne, the capital city of Victoria and second largest city in Australia. ... This article provides extensive lists of events and significant personalities of the 1970s. ... Military branches: Army (Ejercito Peruano), Navy (Marina de Guerra del Peru; includes Naval Air, Marines, and Coast Guard), Air Force (Fuerza Aerea del Peru), National Police (includes General Police, Security Police, and Technical Police) Military manpower - military age: 20 years of age Military manpower - availability: males age 15-49: 7... 1987 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Darling Harbour is a large recreational pedestrian precinct situated on the western edge of central Sydney, Australia. ... Sydney Harbour looking south from the vicinity of the Sydney Harbour Bridge towards the CBD skyline; the Opera House is visible in the background on the left. ...