In this selection you will see a few memorable moments from over the years beginning with her being launched into the water on the Clyde to start her journey to Portsmouth Naval Base where she would become part of our six Type 45 destroyers.
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5. HMS Duncan from the past
People watch as HMS Duncan, one of Britain's Royal Navy's new Type 45 Destroyers, is launched from Govan shipyard, in Glasgow, Scotland, on October 11, 2010. HMS Duncan is the sixth Type 45 Destroyer, or 'D' Class vessel that has been commissioned by the Navy, and is named after Admiral Adam Duncan, the 1st Viscount Duncan of Camperdown, who defeated the Dutch fleet off Camperdown on 11th October 1797. Picture: Derek Blair/AFP via Getty Images Photo: The News archive
23rd March 2013. The sixth and final Type 45 destroyer HMS Duncan was delivered to HM Naval Base Portsmouth by BAE Systems and was handed over to the Ministry of Defence at a ceremony. Photo: The News archive
May 2016. The Royal Navy’s newest operational warship HMS Duncan sailed up the Thames into London for the first of three visits in both the United Kingdom and Germany to mark the centenary of the Battle of Jutland. Photo: The News archive
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