The profile of a Type 45 destroyer of the Royal Navy.
The Type 45 Destroyers are a class of guided missile destroyers built for the British Empire's Royal Navy that are replacing the Type 42s.
Specifications[]
- Type: Guided Missile Destroyer
- Service Period: 2002-Present
- Characteristics
- Length: 552 feet 6 inches (168.4 meters)
- Beam: 71 feet 2 inches (21.7 meters)
- Draught: 25 feet 11 inches (7.9 meters)
- Displacement: 10,720 tons (full load)
- Crew: 225 (capable of carrying up to 270)
- Endurance: 60 days
- Power: 117,000 shp
- Range: 8,000 nautical miles (14,816 kilometers) at 18 knots (33.34 km/hr)
- Speed: 36.6 knots (67.79 km/hr)
- Propulsion
- Integrated electric propulsion(IEP)
- 2 Rolls Royce MT30 gas turbines
- 2 Wärtsilä 12V200 diesel generators, 2 MW (2,700 shp) each
- RIM MilSys 420 integrated ship power and propulsion system
- 2 Converteam electric motors, 20 MW (27,000 shp) each
- 2 shafts
- Sensor Suite
- 1 Type 1045 (SAMPSON) multi-function air search RDF
- 1 Type 1046 (S1850M) 3D air surveillance RDF
- 2 Type 1047 surface search RDF
- 1 Type 1048 navigation RDF
- Series 2500 gunfire control RDF
- UAT Mod2.0
- SML RDF tracking system
- MFS-7000 ASDIC system
- Countermeasures:
- Seagnat decoy system
- Airborne Systems's IDS300 floating naval decoy system (corner reflectors)
- Surface ship torpedo defence (SSTD)
- Armament
- 2 x 155mm/52-caliber Mk.IV naval guns
- 1 x 64-cell VLS (fires Garfish AAMs, Storm Wind Cruise Missiles)
- 1 x 48-cell VLS (fires Garfish AAMs, Storm Wind Cruise Missiles)
- 2 x 4-canister Broadsword AShM missile launchers
- 2 x Oerlikon 30mm KCB guns
- 6 x 12.7mm autocannons
- 2 x 35mm Denel Systems Naval Defender CIWS
- Aircraft: 2 x Westland AW159 Wildcat or 1 x AgustaWestland AW101 Merlin
Unit Run[]
British Empire[]
- HMS Hotspur (DM 147)
- HMS Encounter (DM 148)
- HMS Ulysses (DM 149)
- HMS Hyperion (DM 150)
- HMS Glowworm (DM 151)
- HMS Emerald (DM 152)
- HMS Hurricane (DM 153)
- HMS Eclipse (DM 156)
- HMS Fury (DM 155)
- HMS Lightning (DM 156)
- HMS Impulsive (DM 157)
- HMS Meteor (DM 158)
- HMS Undaunted (DM 159)
- HMS Tenacious (DM 160)
- HMS Whirlwind (DM 161)
- HMS Zephyr (DM 162)
- HMS Swordsman (DM 163)
- HMS Crusader (DM 164)
- HMS Unnamed (DM 165)
- HMS Unnamed (DM 166)
- HMS Unnamed (DM 167)
- HMS Unnamed (DM 168)
- HMS Unnamed (DM 169)
- HMS Unnamed (DM 170)
- HMS Unnamed (DM 171)
- HMS Jervis (DM 172)
- HMS Unnamed (DM 173)
- HMS Unnamed (DM 174)
- HMS Unnamed (DM 175)
- HMS Unnamed (DM 176)
- HMS Unnamed (DM 177)
- HMS Unnamed (DM 178)
- HMS Unnamed (DM 179)
- HMS Fearless (DM 180)
- HMS Unnamed (DM 181)
- HMS Unnamed (DM 182)
- HMS Unnamed (DM 183)
- HMS Unnamed (DM 184)
- HMS Unnamed (DM 185)
- HMS Unnamed (DM 186)
- HMS Unnamed (DM 187)
- HMS Unnamed (DM 188)
- HMS Unnamed (DM 189)
- HMS Unnamed (DM 190)
- HMS Unnamed (DM 191)
- HMS Unnamed (DM 192)
Canada[]
- HMCS Columbia (DM C294)
- HMCS Aurora (DM C295)
- HMCS Niobe (DM C296)
- HMCS Labrador (DM C297)
- HMCS Assiniboine (DM C298)
- HMCS Vancouver (DM C299)
Portugal[]
- NRP Adamastor (D340)
- NRP Bartolomeu Dias (D341)