Name HMS Duncan Laid down 26 January 2007 Commissioned 26 September 2013 Launched 11 October 2010 Draft 7.4 m | Ordered December 2000 Sponsored by Mrs Marie Ibbotson Construction started 26 January 2007 Length 152 m Beam 21 m | |
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Namesake Adam Duncan, Viscount Duncan of Camperdown Builder BAE Systems Maritime – Naval Ships | ||
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.
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Construction
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.
Sea trials
Duncan sailed from Scotstoun shipyard, Glasgow on 31 August 2012 to commence sea trials.
Operational service
Duncan, the sixth and last type 45 destroyer, was commissioned on 26 September 2013. She entered service on 30 December 2013, 4 months ahead of schedule, after a period of trials and training.
On 2 March 2015, Duncan left HMNB Portsmouth on her maiden deployment to the Mediterranean and Middle East. On 7 July 2015, Duncan joined up with the U.S. Navy Carrier Strike Group Twelve to strike the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.
In April 2016, HMS Duncan was one of several Royal Navy ships exercising with the French Navy in Exercise Griffin Strike. In October 2016, Duncan, escorted by the frigate HMS Richmond, was dispatched by the Ministry of Defence to intercept and "man-mark" a fleet of Russian Navy vessels, including their flagship Admiral Kuznetsov, which were passing through the English Channel on their way to Syria. In November, while sailing off the coast of England, Duncan suffered a total propulsion failure and was towed back to Plymouth.
Characteristics
In 2014, the Royal Navy website stated that Duncan would be the first Type 45 destroyer to be armed with the Harpoon anti-ship missile system. On 2 March 2015, Duncan left Portsmouth armed with Harpoon anti-ship missiles.