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000007557 037__ $$aGENERAL
000007557 245__ $$aType 45 – Power to Command
000007557 269__ $$a2019-07-03
000007557 336__ $$aConference Proceedings
000007557 520__ $$aThe Royal Navy’s Type 45 Destroyers have been in Service since Jul 10 and have acquired a reputation for being a world class Air Defence asset with power and propulsion (P&P) fragility, that has attracted much positive and negative attention. This paper sets out how a range of circumstances combined in those early years to make the Class unique; a world leading ship not at her full potential. Many of the contributing factors have been discussed in isolation but have not been combined in one paper. The Type 45 has a modest class size of six vessels, yet each ship has the greatest capability ever installed in a Destroyer. It achieved such a punch due to the largest technology step taken in one class, 80% of the equipment on board is new to Royal Navy (RN) Service. And the ambition to use such a potent ship meant that HMS DARING deployed, worldwide, in the quickest time from build of any RN ship since WW2. Simultaneously and with huge dedication from the team, a new support solution was introduced that had the largest Industry involvement the MoD had ever contracted for a Complex Warship. These, and other circumstances created a heady mix in the early part of this decade and this paper will discuss the lessons learnt from an engineering support perspective. It will combine the experience of our predecessors with our own to give a unique perspective of the first nine years of the Class’s life. It will go on to show how improvements have been identified and embodied across the class ensuring that the Type 45 remains a world beating Air Defence Destroyer at her full potential for the next two decades.
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000007557 6531_ $$aType 45
000007557 6531_ $$aDestroyer
000007557 6531_ $$aElectric Power
000007557 6531_ $$aIFEP
000007557 6531_ $$aPropulsion
000007557 6531_ $$aIntegration
000007557 6531_ $$aMarine systems
000007557 7001_ $$aVoyce, Captain J E$$uMoD, UK
000007557 7001_ $$aWixey, R K$$uMoD, UK
000007557 773__ $$tConference Proceedings of EAAW
000007557 773__ $$jEAAW VIII
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000007557 85641 $$uhttps://www.imarest.org/eaaw$$yConference website
000007557 8564_ $$9de230c80-4fdd-4650-9a11-0b298f4edd92$$s914771$$uhttps://library.imarest.org/record/7557/files/EAAW%20VIII%20Paper%20011%20Wixey%20Final%20P.pdf