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Article: UNITED KINGDOM: ROYAL NAVY'S DRAGON ENTERS THE CLYDE
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- November 18, 2008
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The government of United Kingdom's Ministry of Defence's Royal Navy issued the following news release:
With an 18-metre-long Welsh Dragon attached to its bow, the Royal Navy's latest Type 45 destroyer, to be called HMS Dragon, was launched from BVT's shipyard at Govan into the Clyde yesterday, Monday 17 November 2008.
Dragon, the fourth Type 45 destroyer, will join her sister ships as one of the largest and most powerful warships in the world.
As well as providing air defence over a wide area, including for the future aircraft carriers, the Type 45s will be highly versatile and able to conduct a variety of operations. They will be able to carry up to sixty Royal Marines Commandos and their ...