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Thursday, November 18, 2010

Latest Type 45 destroyer enters service with the Royal Navy

HMS DauntlessThe latest Type 45 destroyer, HMS Dauntless, has entered service with the Royal Navy, the Ministry of Defence announced today.

The warship, which has a hull made of 2,800 tonnes of steel, is the second in the fleet of six air defence destroyers and has undergone months of extensive sea trials.

She recently returned from the Hebrides where she successfully fired the world-leading air defence missile system, Sea Viper, for the first time.

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