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Saturday, December 18, 2010

Dragon Roars Home Marking The End of a Successful Year for Type 45

Dragon, the fourth Type 45 destroyer, has completed her first stage sea trials, demonstrating the ship’s outstanding capability and marking the end of a highly successful year on the Type 45 programme.

The trials tested the ship’s power and propulsion systems in a seagoing environment as well as navigation, auxiliary and domestic services and included the first firings of her medium and small calibre guns.

This exceptional year of achievement for the Type 45 programme also saw the first and second of class enter service and the handover of Diamond, the third of class, highlighting BAE Systems’ continued commitment to delivering enhanced capability to the Royal Navy.

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