Type 45 destroyer
Ships in the class
Six ships have been ordered, and transfer of custody of the first happened on 10 December 2008. The MoD's initial planning assumption was to procure twelve ships (essentially a like-for-like replacement of a similar number of Type 42s), with the size of the second batch to be determined between 2005 and 2010.

Type 45 destroyer

Section Title: Ships in the class
Table Section Text: Six ships have been ordered, and transfer of custody of the first happened on 10 December 2008. The MoD's initial planning assumption was to procure twelve ships (essentially a like-for-like replacement of a similar number of Type 42s), with the size of the second batch to be determined between 2005 and 2010.

Name	Pennant No.	Builder	First steel cut	Launched	Date of commission	Status

Daring	D32	BAE Systems Surface Ships	28 March 2003	1 February 2006	23 July 2009	In active service

Dauntless	D33	BAE Systems Surface Ships	26 August 2004	23 January 2007	3 June 2010	In active service

Diamond	D34	BAE Systems Surface Ships	25 February 2005	27 November 2007	6 May 2011	In active service

Dragon	D35	BAE Systems Surface Ships	19 December 2005	17 November 2008	20 April 2012	In active service

Defender	D36	BAE Systems Surface Ships	31 July 2006	21 October 2009	21 March 2013	In active service

Duncan	D37	BAE Systems Surface Ships	26 January 2007	11 October 2010	26 September 2013	In active service

Sentence(s)

A Type 45 destroyer, the first ship, named Daring, was launched on 1 February 2006 and commissioned on 23 July 2009.

final_sentence: A Type 45 destroyer, the first ship, named Daring, was launched on 1 February 2006 and commissioned on 23 July 2009.