HMS Duncan Ship Launch.mov

HMS Duncan launches into the river Clyde, Scotland on 11 October 2010.

The seventh Royal Navy vessel that will bear the name Duncan is the last of six 'hi-tech' Type 45 Air Defence Destroyers being built by BVT Surface Fleet Solutions on the River Clyde. Laid down on 26th January 2007 Duncan was launched on 11th October 2010 -- exactly 213 years after the Battle of Camperdown -- by her Lady Sponsor, Mrs Marie Ibbotson, wife of the Deputy Commander-in-Chief Fleet Vice Admiral Richard Ibbotson. It is anticipated that Duncan will be commissioned during 2013 once fitting out, sea trials and acceptance by the Royal Navy has been completed

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