Daring class

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The Daring class was a group of post–World War II Royal Navy destroyers designed as fast, heavily armed fleet escorts with advanced anti-aircraft and anti-submarine capabilities.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Daring class canonical 8

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (36)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Royal Navy destroyer class ⓘ
destroyer class ⓘ
warship class ⓘ
armamentType anti-aircraft guns ⓘ
anti-submarine weapons ⓘ
naval guns ⓘ
category Cold War destroyers of the United Kingdom ⓘ
conflictEra post–World War II ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
designedAs fleet escort ⓘ
designedBy British naval architects ⓘ
designedFor air defence of naval task groups ⓘ
anti-submarine screening of fleets ⓘ
escort of fleet units ⓘ
designedToCounter air threats to fleets ⓘ
submarine threats to fleets ⓘ
hasCapability air defence ⓘ
anti-submarine screening ⓘ
high-speed fleet escort operations ⓘ
surface engagement ⓘ
hullType steel hull ⓘ
navalArchitectureEra early Cold War ⓘ
navalRole escort destroyer ⓘ
notableFeature advanced anti-aircraft systems for its time ⓘ
enhanced anti-submarine capabilities ⓘ
fast speed for a destroyer of its era ⓘ
heavy gun armament ⓘ
operator Royal Navy ⓘ
primaryRole anti-aircraft warfare ⓘ
anti-submarine warfare ⓘ
propulsionType steam turbine ⓘ
secondaryRole surface warfare ⓘ
serviceBranch Royal Navy ⓘ
serviceType blue-water destroyer ⓘ
timePeriod mid-20th century ⓘ
usedBy Royal Navy ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Type 45 destroyer → className → Daring class ⓘ
subject linked to: Type 45 destroyers
HMS Daring → class → Daring class ⓘ
HMS Diamond → class → Daring class ⓘ
HMS Dragon → class → Daring class ⓘ
HMS Duncan → class → Daring class ⓘ
HMS Defender (D36) → class → Daring class ⓘ
subject linked to: D36
HMS Duncan → shipClass → Daring class ⓘ
subject linked to: D37
Type 45 destroyer → alsoKnownAs → Daring class ⓘ
subject linked to: D37