Durham-class destroyer

Durham-class destroyer

Class overview
Name:	Durham-class destroyer
Builders:	FAe Systems Maritime - Naval Ships, Harrow Shipbuilders, Garrick Iron Works
Operators:	Royal Emmerian Navy, Republic of Clavis Navy, Royal North Point Navy
Preceded by:	Excalibur-class
Cost:	$1.75 billion per unit (including R&D costs, in 2019 OFD)
Built:	1999-
In service:	2003-
Planned:	26
Completed:	26
Active:	26 (19 REN, 4 ROCN, 3 RNPN)
General characteristics
Type:	Destroyer
Displacement:	Fully Loaded: Flight I: 10,500 tonnes Flight II: 10,700 tonnes
Length:	168.4 m (553 ft)
Beam:	21.7 m (71 ft)
Draught:	7.9 m (26 ft)
Installed power:	2 x Royce Electric WR-24 gas turbines, 25 MW (33,500 shp) each 2 x Wärtsilä 12V300 diesel generators, 2.5 MW (3,400 shp) each
Propulsion:	2 shafts integrated electric propulsion with 2 × Royce Electric Advanced Induction Motors and VDM30000 Drives, 23.5 MW (31,500 shp) each
Speed:	In excess of 32 knots (59 km/h)
Range:	8,000 nautical miles (14,800 kilometers) at 18 knots (33 km/h)
Complement:	225 (accommodation for up to 320)
Sensors and processing systems:	1 x FAe Systems Type 997 Artisan 3D Search Radar 1 x Rortos Type 1045 (SAMPSON) Multi-Function Air Search Radar 1 x Vectris Type 1046 (S1850M) 3D Air Surveillance Radar 2 x Rortos Type 1047 Surface Search Radar 1 x Rortos Type 1048 Navigation Radar 1 x Type 2050 Hull Mounted Bow Sonar Array 1 x Vectris Type 2087 Towed Sonar Array 1 x UEG Electronics Series 2500 Gunfire Control Radar Vectris/SELEX Fully Integrated Communications System UEG Electronics SML Radar Tracking System UEG Electronics/EDO MFS-7000 Sonar System
Electronic warfare & decoys:	UEG Electronics UAT Mod 2.0 Radar Electronic Surveillance system Seagnat decoy system Airborne Systems IDS300 floating naval decoy system (corner reflectors) UEG Electronics Surface ship torpedo defense (SSTD)
Armament:	Missiles 2 × 64-cell GWS.30 L-70 VLS (Aster 15/30/45, quad-packed CAMM/CAMM-ER, Storm Shadow or Sea Dragon) 2 x quadruple Sea Lance anti-ship missile launchers Guns 2 x 155 mm/62-caliber Mk.2 naval guns 2 x Oerlikon 30 mm guns 2 x 20 mm Phalanx CIWS 2 x miniguns 6 x general purpose machine guns Torpedoes 2 x 12.75" STWS-2 triple fire Stingray torpedo tubes
Aircraft carried:	1 x AgustaWestland AW101 Merlin or 2 x AgustaWestland AW159 Wildcat
Aviation facilities:	Chinook capable flight deck Enclosed hangar

The Type 45 Durham-class destroyer is a class of twenty-six guided missile destroyers built for the Royal Emmerian Navy, Republic of Clavis Navy and Royal North Point Navy. The class is primarily designed for anti-aircraft and anti-missile warfare and is built around the Sentinel (Sea Viper) air-defense system utilizing the SAMPSON AESA and S1850M long-range radar. The Type 45 destroyers were built to replace the Type 42 (Sherwood class) destroyers that had served during the Aurelian and Continental Wars, with the last Type 42 being decommissioned in 2008.

Twenty-three destroyers were built by FAe Systems Maritime - Naval Ships and Harrow Shipbuilders in Emmeria, with four of them exported to West Clavis. The other three destroyers were built at Garrick Iron Works in North Point under license. The first ship in the Durham-class, HMS Durham, was launched on 1 February 2001 and commissioned on 23 July 2003.