The UK is set to return its Type 45 destroyer HMS Daring to service by the end of this year after years of being under renovation. The destroyer “will return to the Fleet later this year following completion of material upgrades including the Power Improvement Project,” said the country's Defence Minister Luke Pollard.
His words are quoted by the UK Defence Journal, which reminds that in particular the project to increase the efficiency of energy supply should solve the problems with the power plant typical for this class of destroyers and also increase their stability and reliability in high temperature conditions.
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But the most interesting thing in this story is that as of today the destroyer HMS Daring has been undergoing modernization longer than the time spent on its construction.
According to the publication's calculations, from keel-laying, which took place in 2003, to its commissioning in 2009, about 2,307 days or 6 years and almost 4 months have passed.
In turn, as of today, the destroyer has been undergoing modernization for more than 3,300 days – this is more than 9 years, which is 2 years and more than 8 months more than was spent on the construction of the destroyer.
The destroyer was taken out of service in 2017 for modernization and overhaul. Moreover, as the publication emphasizes, there is no single factor that would influence such terms of "downtime" of the destroyer.
On the one hand, the modernization provided for significant changes in the engine room, and on the other hand, the testing and certification processes, crew training, etc. also required time.
Earlier, Defense Express reported that Royal Navy Destroyer Shadowed russian Warship Under NATO Command.
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