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The Vigilant-Class guided missile destroyer...
The Vigilant-Class destroyer, also known as the Type-45 Destroyer, is a class of forty-eight guided missile destroyers build for the Royal Apilonian Navy. Designed for anti-aircraft and anti-missile warfare, the Vigilant-Class is touted as one of the world's most advanced and capable air defence ships, combining the Sea Viper missile with the powerful SAMPSON active electronically scanned array (AESA) and S1850M long range air search radars. The Vigilant-Class has been designed and build by the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, where all eight construction slips have been dedicated to its construction, and are intended to replace the aging Paladin-Class (Type-43) destroyers that have served as the backbone of the Navy's escort force for decades, with all but sixteen examples now out of service and eight more due to follow by the end of 2021 as Batch V construction completes outfitting and sea trials. Given that the Vigilant-Class is designed, during an intensive attack, to track, engage and destroy more targets than five Type-43 destroyers operatint together, and  that the Admiralty has secure a like-for-like replacement, the entry into service of the class represents a substantial upgrade to the Royal Apilonian Navy's air defence capability.
 
The Vigilant-Class has suffered from some issues operating in warmer climates, however this flaw was identified and resolved quickly, given standing commitments in both the Pacific and the Persian Gulf, with new construction recieving the resolution as standard.
 
== Design ==
 
== History ==
 
== Ships of the Class ==

Revision as of 17:53, 8 July 2020

Class overview
Name: Vigilant-Class Destroyer
Builders: Puget Sound Naval Shipyard
Operators: Royal Apilonian Navy
Preceded by: Paladin-Class Destroyer
Cost: Approx. $1.2 billion
Built: 2004 - Present
In service: 2009 - Present
In commission: 2010 - Present
Planned: 48
Building: 18
Completed: 30
Active: 30
General characteristics
Type: Guided Missile Destroyer (DDG)
Displacement: 10,720 Tonnes
Length: 168.4m (552 feet 6 inches)
Beam: 21.7m (71 feet 2 inches)
Draft: 7.9 m ( 25 feet 11 inches)
Propulsion:

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Integrated Electric Propulsion (IEP)
2x Royal Royce MT30 Gas Turbines
2x 12V200 Diesel GEnerators, 2MW (2,700 shb each)
RIM MilSys 420 Integrated ship power and propulsion system
2x Electric Motors, 20MW (27,000 shp each)

2x Shafts
Speed: +32 kn
Range: 8,000 Nautical Miles
Complement: Ship's Company: 225
Sensors and
processing systems:

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1x Type 1045 (SAMPSON) Multi-Function Air Search Radar
1x Type 1046 (S1850M) 3D Air Surveillance Radar
2x Type 1047 Surface Search Radar
1x Type 1048 Navigation Radar
Series 2500 Gunfire Control Radar

MFS-7000 Sonar
Armament:

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2 x 155mm/52-caliber Mk.IV naval guns
1 x 64-cell Mark-41 VLS
1 x 48-cell Mark-41 VLS
2 x 4-canister Broadsword AShM missile launchers
2 x Oerlikon 30mm KCB guns
6 x 12.7mm autocannons

2 x 35mm Denel Systems Naval Defender CIWS
Aircraft carried: 2 x Westland AW159 Wildcat or 1 x AgustaWestland AW101 Merlin

The Vigilant-Class destroyer, also known as the Type-45 Destroyer, is a class of forty-eight guided missile destroyers build for the Royal Apilonian Navy. Designed for anti-aircraft and anti-missile warfare, the Vigilant-Class is touted as one of the world's most advanced and capable air defence ships, combining the Sea Viper missile with the powerful SAMPSON active electronically scanned array (AESA) and S1850M long range air search radars. The Vigilant-Class has been designed and build by the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, where all eight construction slips have been dedicated to its construction, and are intended to replace the aging Paladin-Class (Type-43) destroyers that have served as the backbone of the Navy's escort force for decades, with all but sixteen examples now out of service and eight more due to follow by the end of 2021 as Batch V construction completes outfitting and sea trials. Given that the Vigilant-Class is designed, during an intensive attack, to track, engage and destroy more targets than five Type-43 destroyers operatint together, and that the Admiralty has secure a like-for-like replacement, the entry into service of the class represents a substantial upgrade to the Royal Apilonian Navy's air defence capability.

The Vigilant-Class has suffered from some issues operating in warmer climates, however this flaw was identified and resolved quickly, given standing commitments in both the Pacific and the Persian Gulf, with new construction recieving the resolution as standard.

Design

History

Ships of the Class