D05

Original Statistics

Statistics for Final Commission

Length:

390'

Beam:

43'

Draught:

17' Full Load

Displacement:

2950 Tons Standard
3580 Tons Full Load

Armament:

6 x 4.5” on 3 x Mk VI Twin Turrets
2 x Staag Twin 40mm mountings
1 x Mk V Twin 40mm
5 x 21" Torpedo Tubes
1 x Squid Anti-Submarine Mortar

• 6 dual purpose 4.5" guns mounted in pairs
• 6 Bofors, mounted in pairs
• 1 Squid 3 barrelled Anti-Submarine Mortar

Machinery:

2 x Foster Wheeler Boilers (650lbs/Square inch/850F)
2 Shafts - Parsons Geared Turbines
SHP = 54000

Speed:

32 Knots

Range:

4400 at 20 Knots

Complement:

286

Built by:

Swan Hunter (Tyne)

Laid down:

29/09/45

Launched:

10/08/49

Completed:

08/03/52

Battle Honours:

Crest/Badge:

Daring Mucius Scaevola, when captured by Tatquin, tried to prove Roman courage by enduring great pain.

Ship adopted by:

Surbiton, Surrey

Motto:

Splendide audax: Finely Daring

Other ships in the class:

(The DC Group of ships) DARING, DAINTY, DEFENDER, DELIGHT.
(The AC Group of ships) DIAMOND, DECOY, DUCHESS, DIANA.

Fate:

1952 Mediterranean

1956 At Suez

1958 Paid Off for refit in Devonport then 2^nd Destroyer Squadron for Home and Mediterranean service.

January 1961 Paid Off into Reserve for 6 years.

1967 Work-up at Portland.

17/03/67 to 28/03/67 The Torrey Canyon incident. The Torrey Canyon was an oil tanker that went aground and spilled all her oil which threatened the beaches of the south west of Great Britain. Along with the Fleet Air Arm were the ships DARING, BARROSA, DELIGHT, AURORA, ESKIMO, CARYSFORT, BLACKWOOD, CLARVESTON, WOTTON and NURTON. Other ships involved around the Channel Islands were PELLEW, LALESTON, BELTON, HIGHBURTON and SOBERTON. She was successfully bombed and shelled.

17^th July 1967 deployed to the Far East.

4^th July 1968 arrived Devonport.

19^th August 1968 Gibraltar for Guardship duties.

23^rd September 1968 Portsmouth - Admiral of the Fleet, Earl Mountbatten of Burma  came onboard for an informal visit. It was a nostalgic moment for him, as he had commanded the last HMS Daring in 1934 and had been C-in-C Med when the present Daring first commissioned for service in 1952.

27^th September Daring arrives in Stockholm for British Week.

9^th October arrived Devonport

December 1968 to Reserve.

June 1971 arrived Blyth to be broken up.

Note:

The DC Group were sent to the Mediterranean on completion whilst the AC Group joined the Home Fleet. The Daring group of ships became the 2^nd Destroyer Squadron, while the second group became the 5^th Destroyer Squadron. The two squadrons were rotated between the Mediterranean and Home Waters.