Type 45 Update – the Type 45 Destroyers are nearly all in service – the DARING, DAUNTLESS, DIAMOND and DRAGON are all commissioned with DEFENDER due to commission this week (March 2013) whilst the DUNCAN, the last of the class, will arrive at Portsmouth Naval Base after leaving the shipbuilders of the Clyde, and after further trials will commission later this year.    DARING, DAUNTLESS and DIAMOND all have deployed either “East of Suez” or in the “Atlantics”,  so in 2013-2014 we will see the Type 45’s deploy in some numbers.   The DRAGON has indeed just deployed for a seven month stint “East of Suez” and will relieve the Type 23 Frigate MONMOUTH.