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class: Guided Missile Destroyer; Type 45 / Daring class Builder: BAE Systems Naval Ships, (various shipyards), U.K. STATUS: Awarded: December 2000 Laid down: December 19, 2005 Launched: November 17, 2008 Commissioned: April 20, 2012 IN SERVICE Homeport: HMNB Portsmouth, New Hampshire Ships Motto: WE YIELD BUT TO ST. GEORGE Technical Data: see INFO > Daring / Type 45 class Guided Missile Destroyer |
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                              with Russian Navy Kirov class Battlecruiser RFS Pyotr Velikiy (099)  with Russian Navy Aircraft Carrier Admiral Kutsnetsov (063)  with Russian Navy Aircraft Carrier Admiral Kutsnetsov (063)     48-cell Sylver A-50 Vertical Launching System (VLS) for MBDA Aster-15 and Aster-30 SAM Missiles (Sea Viper long-range PAAMS air defense system)  an Aster 30 SAM missile was fired from the 48-cell Sylver A-50 Vertical Launching System / VLS (Sea Viper long-range PAAMS air defense system)  an Aster 30 SAM missile was fired from the 48-cell Sylver A-50 Vertical Launching System / VLS (Sea Viper long-range PAAMS air defense system)  an Aster 30 SAM missile was fired from the 48-cell Sylver A-50 Vertical Launching System / VLS (Sea Viper long-range PAAMS air defense system)  an Aster 30 SAM missile was fired from the 48-cell Sylver A-50 Vertical Launching System / VLS (Sea Viper long-range PAAMS air defense system)   Mark 8 Mod.1 gun fire  DS30B Mark 1 Rapid Fire Cannon  |
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HMS Dragon (D 35): HMS Dragon is the fourth ship of the Type 45 or Daring-class air-defence destroyers built for the Royal Navy. She was launched in November 2008 and commissioned on 20 April 2012. Service history: Dragon's construction began at the then BAE Systems Naval Ships (later BAE Systems Surface Fleet Solutions) yard at Scotstoun on the River Clyde in December 2005, and by December 2007 the bow section was in place on the Govan slipway for mating with the other modules. Dragon launched from the slipway at Govan on 17 November 2008 at 3:00pm. Her sponsor was Mrs. Susie Boissier, wife of Vice Admiral Paul Boissier, Deputy Commander-in-Chief Fleet and Chief of Staff. She was fitted out at Scotstoun. HMS Dragon commenced her first set of contractor's sea trials on 5 November 2010. HMS Dragon joined the Royal Navy Surface Fleet on Friday, 20 April 2012. On Friday 27 April she made her maiden visit to Liverpool, staying for three days. She was opened to the public on Saturday 28 April, with visitors able to see the inside of the ship, including the operations room. In August 2013, it was reported that Dragon was sailing with the USS Nimitz carrier group in the Arabian Sea, acting as the main point ship for aircraft control. In August 2013, several Typhoons from No. 6 Squadron RAF were exercising with Dragon and US fighters in the Gulf. It has sailed westwards to the Eastern Mediterranean. In April 2014, Dragon was deployed to waters north of Scotland, after having sailed from Portsmouth, to track the Russian warship Vice-Admiral Kulakov. She was part of the Royal Navy's Atlantic Patrol Tasking in late 2014. In October 2016, Dragon was sent to track two Russian corvettes in the Atlantic Ocean and Bay of Biscay during a major deployment of Russian naval forces near the United Kingdom. On 11 February 2017, Dragon rescued the fourteen crew of the British yacht Clyde Challenger which had been dismasted and was adrift in the Atlantic Ocean 610 nautical miles (1,130 km) south west of Land's End, Cornwall. Clyde Challenger was subsequently scuttled. On 26 November 2018 it was announced that Dragon had discovered a suspicious boat while on operation in the Middle East. Sailors and Royal Marines boarded the vessel and found 148 bags hidden on board containing 3,048 kg of hashish. On 15 March 2019 Dragon made its seventh drug seizure: 224 kg of heroin from a fishing vessel in the Arabian Sea. During her time in the Arabian Sea, Dragon made 8 drug busts and seized over 18 tonnes of narcotics, this is a record for the number of successful busts and the total weight of drugs seized by a Royal Navy ship in the Middle East. As of March 2019, HMS Montrose took over the current patrol role in the Middle East. HMS Montrose replaced Dragon in the Persian gulf in March 2019. HMS Dragon set sail in May 2025 to take part in NATO's Formidable Shield; the largest at-sea live-fire exercise in Europe. On 3 March 2026, Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced that HMS Dragon would be deployed to the eastern Mediterranean to reinforce security around RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus. The deployment followed a Shahed-136 drone strike shortly after midnight on 2 March 2026 that caused minor damage to a hangar amidst the Iran war. Accompanied by three Wildcat helicopters, armed with Martlet missiles, and a Merlin helicopter that were airlifted separately, the destroyer was tasked with strengthening air defences against drone threats. HMS Dragon departed Portsmouth for Cyprus on 10 March 2026 after rapid preparations following a period in dry dock, with the crew recalled and the usual six weeks of maintenance, weapons loading, and system checks completed in six days. source: wikipedia |
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