Defender is the fifth ship of six in the Type 45 destroyer class. Good progress is being made on the programme: HMS Daring (ship one) has been commissioned into the Royal Navy and is on her final ...

The Daring class is made up of six Type 45 destroyers - HMS Daring, Dauntless, Diamond, Dragon, Defender, and Duncan, specifically designed for anti-aircraft and anti-missile defence operations.

who raised the issue of six Type 45 destroyers undergoing major engine refits. Since the first in the Daring-class of Type 45s, HMS Daring, was launched 14 years ago, there have been repeated ...

HMS Dragon, a Type 45 destroyer which recently underwent a large refit, was provisionally set to leave HMNB Portsmouth this morning (March 13). An entry in the King’s Harbour Master Shipping Movements ...