HMS Dragon - D35

 

Name:	Dragon
Ordered:	December 2000
Builder:	BVT Surface Fleet
Yard number:	1064[1]
Laid down:	19 December 2005
Launched:	17 November 2008
Sponsored by:	Mrs. Susie Boissier
Commissioned:	20 April 2012
Identification:	Deck code: DN Pennant number: D35 International callsign: GMIA[2] IMO number: 4907866[3]
Motto:	"We yield but to St George"
Status:	In active service, as of 2020
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General characteristics
Class and type:	Type 45 Guided missile destroyer
Displacement:	8,000[4] to 8,500 t (8,400 long tons; 9,400 short tons)[5][6][7]
Length:	152.4 m (500 ft 0 in)
Beam:	21.2 m (69 ft 7 in)
Draught:	7.4 m (24 ft 3 in)
Installed power:	2 × Rolls-Royce WR-21 gas turbines, 21.5 MW (28,800 shp) each 2 × Wärtsilä 12V200 diesel generators, 2 MW (2,700 shp) each[8]
Propulsion:	2 shafts integrated electric propulsion with 2 × Converteam electric motors, 20 MW (27,000 shp) each
Speed:	In excess of 30 kn (56 km/h; 35 mph)[9]
Range:	In excess of 7,000 nautical miles (13,000 km) at 18 kn (33 km/h)[9]
Complement:	191[10] (accommodation for up to 235)
Sensors and processing systems:	SAMPSON multi-function air tracking radar (Type 1045) S1850M 3-D air surveillance radar (Type 1046) Raytheon Integrated Bridge and Navigation System 2 × Raytheon AHRS INS (MINS 2) 2 × Raytheon I-band Radar (Type 1047) 1 × Raytheon E/F-band Radar (Type 1048)[11] Ultra Electronics Series 2500 Electro-Optical Gun Control System (EOGCS)[12] Ultra Electronics SML Technologies radar tracking system Ultra Electronics/EDO MFS-7000 sonar
Electronic warfare & decoys:	UAT Mod 2.0 (2.1 planned)[13] AN/SSQ-130 Ship Signal Exploitation Equipment (SSEE) Increment F cryptologic exploitation system[14] Seagnat Naval Decoy IDS300 Surface Ship Torpedo Defence
Armament:	Anti-air missiles: Sea Viper air defence system, with a 48-cell Sylver A50 VLS, for mix of up to 48: Aster 15 missiles (range 1.7–30 km) Aster 30 missiles (range 3–120 km) Anti-ship missiles: 2 × quad Harpoon launchers[N 1] Guns: 1 × BAE 4.5 inch Mk 8 naval gun 2 × Oerlikon 30 mm guns 2 × Phalanx CIWS 2 × Miniguns 6 × General purpose machine guns
Aircraft carried:	1–2 × Lynx Wildcat, armed with: 4 × anti-ship missiles, or 2 × anti-submarine torpedoes or 1 × Westland Merlin,[16] armed with: 4 × anti-submarine torpedoes
Aviation facilities:	Large flight deck Enclosed hangar