Royal Navy’s new Type 45 class launched
Diamond, the third of the Royal Navy’s new Type 45 class of anti-air warfare destroyers, was successfully launched from the BAE Systems’ shipyard at Govan, on the Clyde, yesterday.
The fleet of up to eight Type 45 anti-air warfare destroyers, in concert with the recently announced Future Aircraft Carrier part of which will also be built at Govan, will provide the backbone of the Royal Navy’s air defences for much of the first half of the 21st century.
Each destroyer will be able to engage a large number of targets simultaneously, and defend aircraft carriers or groups of ships, such as an amphibious landing force, against the strongest future threats from the air. The vessels will contribute a specialist air warfare capability to worldwide maritime and joint operations in until 2040.
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