HMS Diamond (D34)
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Diamond during Exercise Joint Warrior near Scotland in April 2013
Diamond during Exercise Joint Warrior near Scotland, April 2013
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Name: | HMS Diamond |
Ordered: | December 2000 |
Builder: | BAE Systems Surface Fleet Solutions |
Yard number: | 1063[1] |
Laid down: | 25 February 2005 |
Launched: | 27 November 2007 |
Sponsored by: | Lady Johns |
Commissioned: | 6 May 2011[2] |
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Status: | In active service, as of 2014 |
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Type: | Guided missile destroyer |
Displacement: | 8,000 t (7,900 long tons; 8,800 short tons)[6] |
Length: | 152.4 m (500 ft 0 in) |
Beam: | 21.2 m (69 ft 7 in) |
Draught: | 7.4 m (24 ft 3 in) |
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Speed: | In excess of 29 kn (54 km/h; 33 mph)[8] |
Range: | 7,000 nautical miles (13,000 km) at 18 kn (33 km/h) |
Complement: | 190 |
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HMS Diamond is the third ship of the Type 45 or Daring-class air-defence destroyers built for the Royal Navy. She was launched in 2007, completed her contractor's sea trials in July 2010 and arrived at her base port on 22 September 2010. Diamond was commissioned in a traditional ceremony on 6 May 2011, and formally entered service on 12 July 2011.[13][14]
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Operational history
Diamond's construction began at the BAE Systems Naval Ships yard at Govan on the River Clyde in February 2005. She was launched on 27 November 2007.[15] By July 2010, Diamond had been fully fitted out and finished her contractors' sea trials (stage 1 trials). She arrived in her base port of HMNB Portsmouth on 22 September 2010.[16]
HMS Diamond was commissioned in a traditional ceremony on 6 May 2011 in her home port of Portsmouth. The ceremony was attended by the ship's sponsor and the Commander-in-Chief Fleet Admiral Sir Trevor Soar.[17] Diamond continued undergoing sea trials until she entered operational service in July 2011 after the completion of her trials. The ship will conduct operational training before commencing her first overseas deployment.[14] Diamond is expected to commence deployment in the summer of 2012,[18] starting with celebrations to mark the Diamond Jubilee of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.[19]
Recent service
Diamond was in the Middle East Area of Operations in 2012 and will be fully ready for operations in 2014.[20] During Operation Recsyr in February 2014 she escorted MV Ark Futura carrying chemical agents from Syria.
Characteristics
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Advanced air-defence
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The Type 45 destroyers are primarily designed for anti-air warfare with the capability to defend against sophisticated targets such as fighter aircraft, drones as well as highly maneuverable sea skimming anti-ship missiles travelling at supersonic speeds.[21] The Royal Navy describes the destroyers' mission as being "to shield the Fleet from air attack".[6] The Type 45 destroyer is equipped with the sophisticated Sea Viper (PAAMS) air-defence system utilizing the SAMPSON active electronically scanned array multi-function radar and the S1850M long-range radar. The PAAMS system is able to track over 2,000 targets and simultaneously control and coordinate multiple missiles in the air at once, allowing a large number of tracks to be intercepted and destroyed at any given time. This makes the PAAMS system particularly difficult to swamp during a saturation attack, even against supersonic targets.[22] The USNWC has suggested that the SAMPSON radar is capable of tracking 1,000 objects the size of a cricket ball travelling at three times the speed of sound (Mach 3), emphasising the system's capabilities against high performance stealth targets.[21] A core component of the PAAMS air-defence system is the Aster missile, composing of the Aster 15 and Aster 30. MBDA describe Aster as a "hit-to-kill" anti-missile missile capable of intercepting all types of high performance air threats at a maximum range of 120 km.[23] The Aster missile is autonomously guided and equipped with an active RF seeker enabling it to cope with "saturated attacks" thanks to a "multiple engagement capability" and a "high rate of fire".[23] Presently the Daring-class destroyers are equipped with a 48-cell A50 Sylver Vertical Launching System allowing for a mix of up-to 48 Aster 15 and 30 missiles.
Weapons, countermeasures, capabilities and sensors
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Diamond became the second ship of the class to receive Harpoon anti-ship missiles in 23 March 2015.[24]
Affiliations
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Ship's sponsor:
- Lady Johns, wife of Vice Admiral Sir Adrian Johns KCB, CBE RN[25]
Official affiliations:
- The Worshipful Company of Barbers[25]
- The Worshipful Company of Makers of Playing Cards[citation needed]
- No. 3 Squadron RAF[25]
- De Beers (UK)[25]
- The Lordswood CCF (Combined Cadet Force) Naval Contingent will be affiliated once the ship is completed.[citation needed]
- Loughborough Grammar School[25] Naval Section CCF (Combined Cadet Force)
Grampian District Sea Cadets
As part of her affiliation with Coventry, Diamond will carry a cross of nails created from the remains of Coventry Cathedral. At the end of the Second World War a cross of nails was created out of the wreckage and has been presented to all ships that carry the name Coventry. It was recovered from the wreck of HMS Coventry by divers after she was sunk in the Falklands War and presented to the crew of Diamond on her commissioning by Captain David Hart-Dyke, the commanding officer of Coventry at the time of her sinking.[13]
The City of Sheffield was offered affiliation to Diamond, but this was turned down by Sheffield City Council and the Lord Mayor, who want the city associated with another HMS Sheffield.[26] The affiliation has now been transferred to the City of Coventry.[27][28]
Footnotes
- Notes
- References
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