Images of the first of the Royal Navy's new high-tech destroyers passing through the Suez Canal have been released.
HMS
Daring, the first-in-class of the Type 45 destroyers, took 12 hours to
pass through the 120-mile canal which links the Mediterranean and the
Middle East.
The navy's most powerful warship set off last month
from its home base of Portsmouth, Hampshire, for its maiden deployment
which is to last seven months.
Daring will take over from a
frigate currently on station at East of Suez where it will continue
counter-piracy measures as well as provide general back-up for the UK's
operations and allies in the region.
Passing through the canal,
Daring's force protection teams were at full readiness, manning the
upper deck guns, as the ship passed through the canal which is only 205
metres wide.
Gunnery officer Lieutenant Jason Hannigan said: "We have trained repeatedly to prepare for this demanding passage.
"The
team performed well and the ship made the transit through the Suez
exactly as planned. It was a particularly proud day for me in my career
in the Royal Navy."
Daring's sister ship HMS Dauntless is to set
sail to patrol the Falkland Islands and the South Atlantic on its maiden
mission later this year.
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