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Wednesday, October 21, 2009

Warship to launch on River Clyde

HMS DaringThousands of people are expected to attend the launch of the Royal Navy's latest Type 45 destroyer on the River Clyde later.

HMS Defender is the fifth of six ships commissioned to replace the existing fleet of Type 42 destroyers.

With a price tag of £605m, each of the 150m-long vessels weighs about 7,350 tons and is designed to provide air defence cover.

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