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Daring 1954  

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Dainty	D108 (ex-I52)	1941	White, Cowes	12/1945	16.8.1950	26.2.1953	sold 1.1971
Danae (ex-Vimiera)	I06	1179	Cammell Laird, Birkenhead	?	---	---	cancelled
Daring	D05 (ex-I15)	1739	Swan Hunter, Wallsend	9/1945	10.8.1949	8.3.1952	sold 5.1971
Decoy	I40	99	Vickers-Armstrong, Tyne	?	---	---	cancelled
Decoy (ex-Dragon)	D106 (ex-I56)	1845	Yarrow, Scotstoun	9/1946	19.3.1949	28.4.1953	to Peru 12.1969 (Ferré)
Defender (ex-Dogstar)	D114 (ex-I47)	609	A. Stephens, Linthouse	3/1949	27.7.1950	5.12.1952	sold 5.1972
Delight	I45	100	Vickers-Armstrong, Tyne	?	---	---	cancelled
Delight (ex-Disdain, ex-Ypres)	D119 (ex-I08)	717	Fairfield, Govan	9/1946	21.12.1950	9.10.1953	sold 9.1970
Demon	I35	1747	Swan Hunter, Wallsend	?	---	---	cancelled
Dervish	I73	1942	White, Cowes	?	---	---	cancelled
Desire	I19	681	Hawthorn Leslie, Hebburn	?	---	---	cancelled
Desperate	I87	633	John Brown, Clydebank	?	---	---	cancelled
Diamond	D35 (ex-I81)	632	John Brown, Clydebank	3/1949	14.6.1950	21.2.1952	harbour TS 1979, sold 11.1981
Diana	I77	682	Hawthorn Leslie, Hebburn	?	---	---	cancelled
Diana (ex-Druid)	D126 (ex-I26)	1846	Yarrow, Scotstoun	4/1947	8.5.1952	29.3.1954	to Peru 12.1969 (Palacios)
Duchess	D154 (ex-I94)	4087	Thornycroft, Woolston	7/1948	9.4.1951	23.10.1952	to Australia 5.1964 (Duchess)

Technical data

Max speed, kts, kn	34.75
Displacement standard, t	2830
Displacement full, t	3580
Length, m	111.6 pp 118.9 oa
Breadth, m	13.1
Draught, m	4.14 deep load
No of shafts	2
Machinery	Dainty, Defender, Duchess: 2 sets Pametrada geared steam turbines, 2 Foster Wheeler boilers Daring, Delight: 2 sets Pametrada geared steam turbines, 2 Babcock & Wilcox boilers Decoy, Diana: 2 sets Yarrow geared steam turbines, 2 Babcock & Wilcox boilers Diamond: 2 sets Pametrada/Brown BTH geared steam turbines, 2 Foster Wheeler boilers
Power, h. p.	54000
Fuel, t	oil 590
Endurance, nm(kts)	4400(20)
Armament	3 x 2 - 120/45 Mk 6, 2 x 2 - 40/60 STAAG Mk 2, 1 x 2 - 40/60 Mk 5, 2 х 5 - 533 TT, 1 x 3 - 305 Squid Mk 4 ASWRL
Electronic equipment	3x type 262, type 274, type 275, type 291, type 293Q radars, type 170, type 174 or type 177 sonars
Complement	297 - 330

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Project history

Last pure fleet destroyers of Royal Navy. Many technical parameters were improved: destroyers had 1.0 - 1.1m metacentric height (excellent stability), 450-500m tactical diameter, machinery using steam with high parameters.

Modernizations

1958 - 1959, all: - 1 x 5 - 533 TT

1963, Decoy: - 1 x 2 - 40/60 Mk 5; + 1 x 4 Sea Cat GWS20 SAM (8 Sea Cat)

1963 - mid-1960s, Dainty, Daring, Defender, Delight: - 2 x 2 - 40/60 STAAG, 1 x 5 - 533 TT, 2x type 262, type 275 radars; + 2 x 2 - 40/60 Mk 5, type 903 radar, UA-3/4 ECM suite

1963 - mid-1960s, Decoy, Diamond, Diana, Duchess: - 2 x 2 - 40/60 STAAG, 1 x 5 - 533 TT, 2x type 262, type 275 radars; + 2 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 7, type 903 radar, UA-3/4 ECM suite

late 1960s, Decoy: - 1 x 4 Sea Cat SAM; + 1 x 2 - 40/60 Mk 5

Naval service

No significant events.

Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr and Borys Estrin for additional information on this page.