Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Type 42 Destroyer, Hms Daring, Hms Edinburgh, Hms Manchester, Hms Gloucester, Hms Liverpool, Hms York. Excerpt: Daring embarking on sea trials item Provision for but not fitted with; item Aircraft carried: 1 x Lynx HMA8 or 1 x Westland Merlin HM1 Armed with HMS Daring is the lead ship of the Type 45 or 'D' Class of air defence destroyer in the Royal Navy and the seventh ship to hold that name. She was launched in 2006 on the Clyde and conducted contractor's sea trials during 2007 and 2008. She was handed over to the Royal Navy in December 2008, entered her base port of Portsmouth for the first time in January 2009 and was formally commissioned on 23 July 2009. As the lead ship of the first destroyer class built for the Royal Navy since the Type 42 in the 1970s, she has attracted significant media and public interest. The price tag of approximately £6.6 billion for the six ships represents a significant investment into the future needs of the Royal Navy. Design Stealth features The most distinctive design point of Daring is her sleekly designed straight edges and superstructure free from clutter. This is designed to give the ship a low radar cross section - commonly called stealth features. Speculation by the press suggests that this design gives the ship the radar signature of a fishing boat. Crew comforts Daring has frequently been cited by the British press as being the first warship to include e-mail and entertainment systems (including iPod charging points) within the messdecks. These reports relate to 230 V domestic supplies and access to external e-mail, both of which have been common features in most RN v.
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