HMS Dauntless is a Royal Navy Daring-class air-defence destroyer. She was launched at Govan in January 2007. Here are some great memories from her past for you to enjoy.
In this selection you will see HMS Dauntless arriving in Portsmouth for the first time on the 2nd December 2009, her Commissioning Ceremony at Victoria Jetty on the 3rd June 2010, at Navy Days on the 1st August 2010, performing a doughnut in the North Sea, leaving Cape Town in 2012 and being deployed to the Gulf on the 2nd January 2015.
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13. HMS Dauntless from the past
2nd December 2009. HMS Dauntless arrives in Portsmouth for the first time today
Picture: Malcolm Wells (094291-167) Photo: The News archive
14. 10th February 2016.
ROYAL NAVY APPOINTS NEW FLEET COMMANDER - 10/2/16 The Royal Navy has welcomed its newly-appointed Fleet Commander at a handover ceremony in Portsmouth. Vice Admiral Ben Key CBE takes up the role from outgoing Fleet Commander Vice Admiral Sir Philip Jones KCB who is to be promoted Admiral and appointed First Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Staff in succession to Admiral Sir George Zambellas GCB DSC ADC DL. The ceremony took place on HMS Dauntless with the signing of the official handover documents held on the flight deck in front of the ship’s company and family members.
10th February 2016.
The Royal Navy has welcomed its newly-appointed Fleet Commander at a handover ceremony in Portsmouth.
Vice Admiral Ben Key CBE takes up the role from outgoing Fleet Commander Vice Admiral Sir Philip Jones KCB who is to be promoted Admiral and appointed First Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Staff in succession to Admiral Sir George Zambellas GCB DSC ADC DL.
The ceremony took place on HMS Dauntless with the signing of the official handover documents held on the flight deck in front of the ship’s company and family members. Photo: LA(PHOT) Guy Pool
HMS Dauntless with water cannon tug escorts passing the Gosport tower blocks as she deployed to the Gulf from her home base in Portsmouth on 2 January 2015.
Picture: Courtesy of Stephen Ashton Photo: The News archive
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