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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. HMS Duncan from the past
Ships company of HMS Duncan arriving back to Portsmouth back in July 2018. Photo: The News archive
. HMS Duncan from the past
July 2015. Royal Navy Type 45 destroyer HMS Duncan working around the clock to support day and night strikes against key ISIL targets in the Middle East launched from the USS Theodore Roosevelt. Photo: The News archive
. HMS Duncan from the past
His Royal Highness Prince Charles meeting the ships company during the NATO Summit on the 4th Sept 2014. Picture: LA(PHOT) Keith Morgan Photo: The News archive
. HMS Duncan from the past
On the 2nd November 2016, HMS Duncan carried out a Quickdraw exercise to simulate the ship being attacked by a small waterborne craft. The ship's seaboat was launched to help simulate this. At the time HMS Duncan was undergoing tasking as part of the Standing NATO Maritime Group 1 (SNMG1) Taskgroup. Photo: The News archive
. HMS Duncan from the past
2013. Able Seaman Fiona MacLennan (L) and Able Seaman Megan Ryan (R) pose for a photograph beside the original bell of the 16th century Tudor warship Mary Rose aboard HMS Duncan, the latest Type 45 destroyer, ahead of the public opening of the new Mary Rose Museum in Portsmouth, southern England on May 30, 2013. Picture: ADRIAN DENNIS/AFP via Getty Images Photo: The News archive
. 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
. HMS Duncan from the past
HMS Duncan's Ships Company. 22nd March 2013 the Acceptance of Contract on board the 6th and final Type 45 warship. Photo: The News archive
. HMS Duncan from the past
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
17. HMS Duncan from the past
HMS Duncan was launched from BAE Systems Govan on 11th October 2010, this was the last dynamic launch BAE Systems would carry out on the Clyde. The 7,500-tonne Type 45 vessel is the sixth ship of its kind to be made for the Royal Navy and was expected to enter service in 2014. See PA story DEFENCE Destroyer. Photo credit should read: Andrew Linnett/PA Wire Photo: The News archive
18. HMS Duncan from the past
22nd March 2013. HMS Duncan enters Portsmouth Harbour for the first time. Picture: Paul Jacobs (13811-1) Photo: The News archive
19. HMS Duncan from the past
Pictured is AB Chef Gary McEwan with his family in September 2017. HMS Duncan has returned to Portsmouth after spending three months in the Mediterranean and Black Sea as the Flagship to NATO's Standing Maritime Group 2. Families lined the jetty at HM Naval Base Portsmouth to welcome back the warship and her Ship's Company, following their deployment to the Mediterranean and Black Sea. Photo: The News archive
20. HMS Duncan from the past
HMS Duncan formed a centre stage for the fly over of NATO Military Aircraft on the 5th Sept whilst moored alongside Britannia Quay in Cardiff during the NATO Summit on the 4th and 5th Sept 2014. The Red Arrows flew over as part of the summit. Photo: The News archive