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Encyclopedia > HMS Dauntless (D33)
Career RN Ensign
Ordered: December 2000
Laid down: August 2004
Launched: expected 23rd January 2007
Commissioned: expected 2010
Fate:
General Characteristics
Displacement: 7350 tonnes
Length: 152.4 m
Beam: 21.2 m
Draught: 5.0 m
Propulsion: 2 Rolls-Royce WR-21 gas turbines, Alstom electric motors
Speed: more than 27 knots (50 km/h)
Range: 7,000 nautical miles / 13 000 km (at economical speed)
Complement: 190
Armament: PAAMS Air Defence Missile System:

2 Phalanx CIWS (Close-in weapons system)

BAE Systems 114 mm (4.5 inch) Mk 8 Mod. 1 gun

2 x 30 mm guns Image File history File links Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... This article is about the year 2000. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... (Redirected from 23rd January) January 23 is the 23rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 2007 (MMVII) will be a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2010 (MMX) will be a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Rolls-Royce plc is the second-largest aircraft engine maker in the world, behind General Electric Aviation. ... WR-21 Cross Section The WR-21 is an advanced marine gas turbine designed to power the latest naval surface combatants of the partner nations (e. ... Alstom (formerly GEC-Alsthom) (Euronext: ALO) is a large French company whose businesses are power generation and manufacturing trains (e. ... The Principle Anti Air Missile System (PAAMS) is a joint French/Italian/British program for a naval anti-aircraft weapon. ... Sylver is a Belgian dance group best known for the song Turn the Tide. The groups vocalist is Silvy de Bie (born January 4, 1981) and keyboardist/songwriter is Wout Van Dessel (born October 19, 1974). ... Categories: Stub ... Aster is a surface-to-air missile manufactured by the European firm MBDA. The missile comes in two variants, the medium range Aster 15 and the longer range Aster 30. ... Aster is a surface-to-air missile manufactured by the European firm MBDA. The missile comes in two variants, the medium range Aster 15 and the longer range Aster 30. ... Type 45 with SAMPSON radar on mast The SAMPSON is a multi-function radar produced by BAE Systems. ... The S1850M is a long range radar for wide area search. ... Block 0 CIWS The Phalanx CIWS (Close-in weapon system, pronounced see-whizz) is an anti-missile system that was designed and manufactured by the General Dynamics Corporation, Pomona Division. ... Phalanx CIWS A Close-in weapon system (CIWS) is a naval shipboard weapon system for detecting and destroying incoming anti-ship missiles and enemy aircraft at short range (the threat(s) having penetrated the ships available outer defences). ... BAE Systems plc is the worlds fourth largest defence contractor [2] and a commercial aerospace manufacturer. ... The BAE RO Defence 4. ...

Decoy Systems: Seagnat and active torpedo (initial)

infra-red 'spoofing' device (for retrofit) The Seagnat Control System (sometimes spelt SeaGnat or Sea Gnat) is a decoy system used on many NATO warships to safeguard against incoming missiles. ...

Other Armaments: Launch capability and space for 8 RGM-84 Harpoon Anti-Ship Missiles

Hullspace, power and control systems for future installation of ship-launched torpedo system A Harpoon missile on display at the USS Bowfin museum at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii The AGM-84 Harpoon is a US all-weather, over-the-horizon, anti-ship missile system. ...

Aircraft: Lynx HMA8 (initial)

Merlin HM1 (for retrofit) The Westland Lynx is a helicopter designed by Westland and built at Westlands factory in Yeovil, first flying on 21 March 1971 as the Westland WG.13. ... The AgustaWestland EH101 is a medium-lift helicopter originally developed as a joint venture between Westland Aircraft in the UK and Agusta in Italy for military applications but also marketed for civil use. ...

Motto:
For other ships to have carried the name, see HMS Dauntless.

HMS Dauntless is the second ship of the Type 45 or 'D' Class of air defence destroyer (AAW) being built for the Royal Navy. Four ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Dauntless: The first Dauntless was an 18-gun sloop launched at Hull, England in November 1804. ... Launch of HMS Daring. ... American troops man an anti-aircraft gun near the Algerian coastline in 1943 Anti-aircraft warfare, or air defense, is any method of engaging military aircraft in combat from the ground. ... The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom is the senior service of the British armed services, being the oldest of its three branches. ...


Dauntless's construction began at the BAE Systems Naval Ships yard at Scotstoun on the River Clyde in August 2004. Launch of HMS Daring from BAEs Scotstoun Shipyard. ... Scotstoun is a district of Glasgow, Scotland, west of Glasgow City Centre. ... The River Clyde, looking eastwards upstream, as it passes beneath the Kingston Bridge in Central Glasgow. ... August 2004 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December See also: August 2004 in sports Deaths in August 2004 • 30 Fred Whipple • 26 Laura Branigan • 24 Elisabeth Kübler-Ross • 18 Elmer Bernstein • 15 Amarsinh Chaudhary • 14 CzesÅ‚aw MiÅ‚osz • 13 Julia Child • 8...


She is both the first type of warship to include e-mail and entertainment systems (including iPod charging points) within the messdecks and the first Royal Navy vessel to include gender-neutral living spaces to accommodate male and female crew members. A white 5th generation iPod with a sleeve and earbuds. ...


HMS Dauntless will be, when complete, one of the most advanced and powerful air defence warships in the world. Its revolutionary radar can track every aircraft for several hundred miles.


External links

  • BBC - Thousands cheer on warship launch
  • BBC - Daring launch good news for Clyde
  • Engadget - British warships fitted with Ipod docks and surround sound


Type 45 destroyer
Daring | Dauntless | Diamond | Dragon | Defender | Duncan

List of destroyers of the Royal Navy

  Results from FactBites:
 
Type 45 destroyer - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (533 words)
The First two, Daring and Dauntless will enter sevice in 2007 and 2009 respectively.
The Type 45 is also planned to be given cruise missile launchers if the need arise in the future.
The first six ships are to be called, Daring, Dauntless, Diamond, Dragon, Defender and Duncan.
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