HMS Duncan (D37) (from English - “Her Majesty's Duncan destroyer, tail number 37”) - British destroyer type 45 , or Daring class, of the Royal Navy . It is the sixth and last of the ships of this type. Named after Adam Duncan, 1st Viscount Duncan (1731-1804), who defeated the Dutch fleet at the Battle of Camperdown on October 11, 1797.
| HMS Duncan (D37) | |
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| HMS Duncan (D37) | |
 Destroyer Duncan in 2016. | |
| Service | |
 United Kingdom | |
| Named after | |
| Class and type of vessel | Type 45 destroyer |
| Port of registry | Scarborough [1] |
| IMO Number | |
| Organization | Royal fleet |
| Manufacturer | BAE Systems Naval |
| Construction started | January 26, 2007 |
| Launched | October 11, 2010 |
| Commissioned | September 26, 2013 |
| Status | in the ranks |
| Emblem |  |
| Main characteristics | |
| Displacement | from 8000 tons to 8500 tons |
| Length | 152.4 m |
| Width | 21.2 m |
| Draft | 7.4 m |
| Engines | 2 × gas turbine Rolls-Royce WR-21 , 2 × diesel generator Wärtsilä V12 VASA32 , 2 × Converteam electric motor |
| Power | 2 × 28 800, 2 × 2700, 2 × 27 000 l. from. |
| Mover | 2 adjustable pitch screws |
| Speed | more than 30 knots |
| Sailing range | more than 7 thousand nautical miles (13 thousand km) at a speed of 18 knots |
| Crew | 191 people (max. Up to 235) |
| Armament | |
| Navigational weapons | Sampson Multipurpose Radar, Type 1045 |
| Radar weapons | Airborne and surface targets early warning radar S1850M |
| Artillery | 1 × 114 mm Mark 8 Mod. one |
| Flak | 2 × 20 mm Mark 15 Phalanx CIWS , 2 × 30 mm ZAU Oerlikon KCB |
| Missile weapons | 2 × 4 PU Harpoon SAM PAAMS (UVP Sylver : 48 SAM "Aster-15" or "Aster-30") |
| Anti-submarine weapons | sonar MFS-7000 |
| Mine torpedo armament | anti-torpedo protection system |
| Aviation group | hangar, 1 Lynx Wildcat or Westland Merlin helicopter |
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Construction and Testing
Construction of the Duncan began at the BAE Systems Naval shipyards (currently BAE Systems Maritime - Naval Ships) in Gowan and Scotston ( Glasgow ) in Clyde in 2006. The ship was launched in Govan on October 11, 2010 [2] on the day of the 213rd anniversary of the Battle of Camperdown [3] . Sea trials took place on August 31, 2012 after leaving the Scotstone shipyard, Glasgow. It was put into operation on September 26, 2013 [4] .
History
The Duncan became the sixth and final type 45 destroyer. He entered service on December 30, 2013.
In 2015, Duncan was deployed in the Mediterranean Sea and the Middle East [5] . On July 7, 2015, he joined the 12th US Navy carrier strike group , led by USS Abraham Lincoln , which carried out ISIS attacks [6] .
In April 2016, as part of a group of ships of the Royal Navy, together with the French Navy participated in the exercises “Griffin strike” [7] . In October 2016, together with the frigate HMS, Richmond accompanied a group of Russian Navy vessels, including the flagship aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov , passing through the English Channel on the way to Syria [8] . In November 2016, while sailing off the coast of England after a complete engine failure, it was towed to Plymouth for repair [9] .
In June-September 2017, he was the flagship of the NATO Permanent Maritime Group 2 (SNMG2), operating in the Black and Mediterranean Seas [10] [11] . In January 2018, he visited the Mediterranean and Black Sea ports such as Constanta , Souda Bay and Split , and again took command of SNMG2 until July 2018.
In November-December 2018, the British documentary Channel 5 shot a military documentary titled Warship: Life at Sea, which captured everyday life on board a ship during its deployment to NATO, including collisions with Russian warships and aircraft . In the program, the ship’s crew often stated that Duncan could detect “an object the size of a tennis ball moving at a speed 3 times the speed of sound, at a distance of more than 100 miles” [12] [13] [14] .
In July 2019, he visited Odessa . July 12, 2019 was sent to the Persian Gulf to protect cargo ships and oil tankers, connecting with the frigate HMS Montrose [15] [16] .
Notes
- ↑ Scarborough Gets Warship . Yorkshire Coast Radio (December 28, 2018). Date of treatment January 4, 2019.
- ↑ Carrell, Severin Down the slipway and into history: Clyde launch ends an era (October 11, 2010). Date of treatment July 25, 2016.
- ↑ " Final Destroyer launched on Clyde ," BBC , October 11, 2010.
- ↑ Duncan, last of navy's Type 45 destroyers sets out on maiden voyage . Royal Navy (September 5, 2012). Date of treatment September 9, 2012.
- ↑ HMS Duncan sails for maiden deployment (March 2, 2015). Date of treatment March 2, 2015.
- ↑ HMS Duncan joins US Carrier on strike operations against ISIL . Royal Navy (July 7, 2015). Date of treatment November 2, 2015.
- ↑ UK and French forces launch Exercise Griffin strike in the Solent - News stories - GOV.UK unopened . Date of treatment July 25, 2016.
- ↑ Russian warships pass through English Channel . Date of appeal October 21, 2016.
- ↑ Royal Navy Type 45 destroyer towed back to port two days after it sails (November 24, 2016). Date of treatment November 26, 2016.
- ↑ Defense Secretary steps up UK commitments to NATO . Ministry of Defense (June 29, 2017). Date of treatment June 30, 2017.
- ↑ HMS Duncan returns home after NATO deployment . Royal Navy (September 25, 2017). Date of appeal September 26, 2017.
- ↑ HMS Duncan returns to Portsmouth after leading NATO Deployment . Royal Navy (13 July 2018). Date of treatment December 17, 2018.
- ↑ Chignall, Selina C5 commissions Artlab Films for “Warship: Life at Sea” . Realscreen (August 29, 2018). Date of treatment December 17, 2018.
- ↑ Woody, Christopher 'Good luck, guys': 17 Russian jets buzzed a British destroyer and left a threatening message earlier this year . Business Insider (November 27, 2018). Date of treatment December 17, 2018.
- ↑ Iran tanker row: UK to send second warship to the Gulf . BBC News (12 July 2019). Date of treatment July 12, 2019.
- ↑ Iran tanker seizure: What is the Strait of Hormuz? . BBC Date of treatment July 29, 2019.