London Calling for HMS Dauntless

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London Calling for HMS Dauntless
 
HMS Dauntless has today become the first of the Royal Navy’s new Type 45 Destroyers to visit the capital as she sailed up the Thames to dock outside the Excel Centre in London’s Docklands, which is hosting the Defence and Security Equipment International (DESi) event next week.
     

HMS Dauntless has today become the first of the Royal Navy’s new Type 45 Destroyers to visit the capital as she sailed up the Thames to dock outside the Excel Centre in London’s Docklands, which is hosting the Defence and Security Equipment International (DESi) event next week.
HMS DAUNTLESS Sails up the Thames
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She will be moored outside the exhibition centre until Sunday 17th September and will be on show to the 25,000 visitors from around the globe who travel to London to see over 1,300 defence contractors from over 50 countries. Ships berthed in the vicinity of ExCeL provide a rare opportunity for international industry at all levels to demonstrate their equipment to potential clients.

HMS Dauntless is the second in class of the new Type 45 Destroyers and was commissioned in June 2010. She has recently returned from trials and exercises in America where she participated in the annual France/Russia/UK/US Naval exercise, working alongside warships from each participant nation.

Her Commanding Officer, Captain Will Warrender RN, said:

“It is an enormous honour and privilege to be the first Type 45 Destroyer to visit London, and to support this prestigious defence and security event. HMS DAUNTLESS represents the future for the Royal Navy, and is bristling with the newest military technology. The ship represents the finest shipbuilding skills the UK has to offer and is a great example of the high standards and capabilities of the British Defence manufacturing base.”