HMS Duncan (D37)

HMS Duncan is the sixth and last of the Type 45 or Daring-class air-defence destroyers built for the Royal Navy and launched in 2010. Duncan is named after Adam Duncan, 1st Viscount Duncan (1 July 1731 – 4 August 1804), who defeated the Dutch fleet at the Battle of Camperdown on 11 October 1797. The destroyer has served in the Mediterranean, Black, and Caribbean Seas, and in 2019 was deployed to the Persian Gulf in response to increased tensions with Iran in the region.

HMS Duncan in 2016
History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Duncan
NamesakeAdam Duncan, Viscount Duncan of Camperdown
OrderedDecember 2000
BuilderBAE Systems Surface Ships
Laid down26 January 2007
Launched11 October 2010
Sponsored byMrs Marie Ibbotson
Commissioned26 September 2013
Identification
Motto
  • Secundis dubusque rectus
  • ("Upright in prosperity and peril")
StatusIn active service
Badge
General characteristics
Class and typeType 45 guided missile destroyer
Displacement8,000 to 8,500 t (8,400 long tons; 9,400 short tons)
Length152.4 m (500 ft 0 in)
Beam21.2 m (69 ft 7 in)
Draught7.4 m (24 ft 3 in)
Installed power
  • 2 × Rolls-Royce WR-21 gas turbines, 21.5 MW (28,800 shp) each
  • 2 × Wärtsilä 12V200 diesel generators, 2 MW (2,700 shp) each
Propulsion
SpeedIn excess of 30 kn (56 km/h; 35 mph)
RangeIn excess of 7,000 nautical miles (13,000 km) at 18 kn (33 km/h)
Complement191 (accommodation for up to 235)
Sensors and
processing systems
  • SAMPSON multi-function air tracking radar (Type 1045)
  • S1850M 3-D air surveillance radar (Type 1046)
  • Raytheon Integrated Bridge and Navigation System
  • 2 × Raytheon AHRS INS
    (MINS 2)
  • 2 × Raytheon I-band Radar
    (Type 1047)
  • 1 × Raytheon E/F-band Radar
    (Type 1048)
  • Ultra Electronics Series 2500 Electro-Optical Gun Control System (EOGCS)
  • Ultra Electronics SML Technologies radar tracking system
  • Ultra Electronics/EDO MFS-7000 sonar
Electronic warfare
& decoys
  • UAT Mod 2.0 (2.1 planned)
  • AN/SSQ-130 Ship Signal Exploitation Equipment (SSEE) Increment F cryptologic exploitation system
  • Seagnat
  • Naval Decoy IDS300
  • Surface Ship Torpedo Defence
Armament
  • Anti-air missiles:
    • PAAMS air-defence system
    • 48 × Sylver Vertical Launching System A50 for:
      • Aster 15 missiles (range 1.7–30 km)
      • Aster 30 missiles (range 3–120 km), to be upgraded with a ballistic missile defence capability, called Sea Viper Evolution.
    • [24 × cell Sea Ceptor silos to be fitted from 2026 for:
      • 24 × surface-to-air missiles that will replace the Aster 15 missiles to allow all 48× Sylver Vertical Launching Systems to be used for Aster 30.]
  • Anti-ship missiles:
    • Up to 8 × Harpoon missile (intermittently deployed since 2022; to be replaced with Naval Strike Missile from 2024)
  • Guns:
Aircraft carried
  • 1–2 × Lynx Wildcat, armed with:
    • Martlet anti ship missiles, or
    • Sea Venom anti-ship missiles (projected full operating capability from 2026) or
    • 2 × antisubmarine torpedoes
  • or
  • 1 × Westland Merlin, armed with:
    • 4 × anti-submarine torpedoes
Aviation facilities
  • Large flight deck
  • Enclosed hangar
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