The Royal Navy Has a Type 45 Destroyer It Has Been Trying to Fix for 8 Years

The Royal Navy Has a Type 45 Destroyer It Has Been Trying to Fix for 8 Years

Article Summary – HMS Daring, the Royal Navy’s first Type 45 destroyer, has spent more than eight years out of action after chronic propulsion failures exposed deep flaws in Britain’s most advanced surface combatant. Designed around the WR-21 gas turbine and an integrated electric drive, the ship repeatedly suffered total power loss in warm waters, triggering blackouts and emergency returns to port. The Ministry of Defence launched a £160 millio…