HMS Duncan (D37)

For other ships of the same name, see HMS Duncan.

HMS Duncan (D37)
Duncan passing Clydebank, whilst departing on her first set of contractor Sea trials, August 2012.
Career (UK)
Name:	HMS Duncan
Namesake:	Adam Duncan, Viscount Duncan of Camperdown
Ordered:	December 2000
Builder:	BAE Systems Surface Ships
Laid down:	26 January 2007
Launched:	11 October 2010
Sponsored by:	Mrs Marie Ibbotson
Commissioned:	26 September 2013
Identification:	Deck code: DU Pennant number: D37 International callsign: GMIC IMO number: 4907780
Motto:	Secundis dubusque rectus ("Upright in prosperity and peril")
Status:	Launched
Badge:	File:HMS Duncan Crest.jpg On a Field Red, a hunting horn Silver
General characteristics
Type:	Guided missile destroyer
Displacement:	8,000 t (7,900 long tons; 8,800 short tons)
Length:	152.4 m (500 ft 0 in)
Beam:	21.2 m (69 ft 7 in)
Draught:	7.4 m (24 ft 3 in)
Propulsion:	2 shafts Integrated electric propulsion (IEP); 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 2× Converteam electric motors, 20 MW (27,000 shp) each
Speed:	In excess of 29 kn (54 km/h; 33 mph)
Range:	7,000 nautical miles (13,000 km) at 18 kn (33 km/h)
Complement:	190
Sensors and processing systems:	SAMPSON multi-function air tracking radar (Type 1045) S1850M 3-D air surveillance radar (Type 1046) 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:	UAT16 Surface ship torpedo defence (SSTD) Airbone Sys IDS300 decoy
Armament:	Anti-air missiles: Sea Viper air defence system 1 × 48-cell Sylver A50 VLS, for a combination of 48: Aster 15 missiles (range 1.7–30 km) Aster 30 missiles (range 3–120 km) Anti-ship missiles: 2 × quad Harpoon launchers Guns: 1 × BAE 4.5-inch (113 mm) Mk 8 naval gun 2 × Oerlikon 30 mm guns 2 × Phalanx CIWS 2 × miniguns 6 × general purpose machine guns
Aircraft carried:	1-2× Lynx HMA8, armed with; 4× Sea Skua anti ship missiles, or 2× anti submarine torpedoes or 1× Westland Merlin HM1, armed with; 4× anti submarine torpedoes
Aviation facilities:	Large flight deck Enclosed hangar

HMS Duncan is the sixth and last of the Type 45 or Daring-class air-defence destroyers built for the Royal Navy. Duncan is named after Adam Duncan, Viscount Duncan of Camperdown (1 July 1731 – 4 August 1804), who defeated the Dutch fleet at the Battle of Camperdown on 11 October 1797.

Operational history

Duncan's construction began at the BAE Systems Naval Ships (now part of BAE Systems Surface Ships) yards at Govan and Scotstoun on the River Clyde in 2006. She was launched from Govan on 11 October 2010, on the 213th anniversary of the Battle of Camperdown). HMS Duncan sailed from Scotstoun shipyard, Glasgow on 31 August 2012 to commence sea trials. Duncan, the sixth and last type 45 destroyer, was commissioned on 26 September 2013. She is expected to enter service in 2014 after a period of trials and training.

Advanced air-defence

Further information: PAAMS, SAMPSON, S1850M, and Aster (missile family)

The Type 45 destroyers are primarily designed for anti-aircraft and anti-missile warfare with the capability to defend against aircraft, drones as well as supersonic sea skimming anti-ship missiles. The Royal Navy describe the destroyers' mission as "to shield the Fleet from air attack". The Type 45 destroyer uses the sophisticated Sea Viper air-defence system utilizing the SAMPSON active electronically scanned array multi-function air tracking radar, and the S1850M long-range air surveillance radar. The Sea Viper system is able to control and coordinate several missiles in the air at once, allowing several tracks to be intercepted. It has been suggested that the SAMPSON radar is capable of tracking an object the size of a cricket ball travelling at three times the speed of sound. A core component of the Type 45's Sea Viper air-defence system is the Aster missile, composing of the Aster 15 and Aster 30. MBDA describe Aster as an anti-missile missile capable of intercepting all types of high performance air threats at a max range of 120 km (Aster 30). The Aster missile is autonomously guided and equipped with an active RF seeker enabling it to cope with "saturated attacks" thanks to a "Multiple engagement capability" and a "high rate of fire". Presently the Daring-class destroyers are equipped with a 48-cell A50 Sylver Vertical Launching System allowing for a mix of up-tp 48 Aster 15 and 30 missiles. However, the Type 45 destroyer was designed to accommodate a total of 64-cells, while some reports suggest a total of 72-cells.

Characteristics

Main article: Type 45 destroyer#Characteristics

Weapons, countermeasures, capabilities and sensors

Main article: Type 45 destroyer#Weapons, countermeasures, capabilities and sensors

Affiliations

The Portsmouth-built bow section of HMS Duncan waiting to be joined to the rest of the ship at Govan Shipyard in Glasgow during October 2009.

• City of Dundee
• City of Belfast
• Scots Guards
• No1 (Fighter) Squadron RAF
• Worshipful Company of Cooks
• Worshipful Company of Saddlers
• Friends of Camperdown House
• The Mary Rose Trust
• Northern Ireland Children’s Hospice
• Lachlan Goudie (Scottish painter and son of Alexander Goudie)
• City of Duncan, BC and the Royal Naval Association Vancouver Island Branch
• Glenfarclas distillery
• Manchester & Salford URNU
• HMS Hibernia
• TS Duncan Sea Cadet Unit (Dundee)

External links

• HMS Duncan