Type 45 destroyer on the slipway at BAE Govan, formerly the famous Fairfields yard.

HMS DRAGON D35
Ordered: December 2000
Builder: BVT Surface Fleet
Yard number: 1064
Laid down: 19 December 2005
Launched: 17 November 2008
Sponsored by: Mrs. Susie Boissier
Commissioned: 20th April 2012
Deck code: DR
Pennant number:D35
International callsign: GMIA
IMO number: 4907866
Motto: "We yield but to St George"
General characteristics
Type: Guided missile destroyer
Displacement: 8,000 t (7,900 long tons; 8,800 short tons)[4]
Length: 152.4 m (500 ft 0 in)
Beam: 21.2 m (69 ft 7 in)
Draught: 7.4 m (24 ft 3 in)
Propulsion:
2 shafts Integrated electric propulsion (IEP);
2× Rolls-Royce WR-21 gas turbines, 21.5 MW (28,800 shp) each
2× Wärtsilä 12V200 diesel generators, 2 MW (2,700 shp) each[5]
2× Converteam electric motors, 20 MW (27,000 shp) each

Speed: In excess of 29 kn (54 km/h; 33 mph)
Range: 7,000 nautical miles (13,000 km) at 18 kn (33 km/h)
Complement: 190
Sensors and processing systems:
SAMPSON multi-function air tracking radar (Type 1045)
S1850M 3-D air surveillance radar (Type 1046)
2× Raytheon I-band Radar (Type 1047)
1× Raytheon E/F-band Radar (Type 1048)
Ultra Electronics Series 2500 Electro-Optical Gun Control System (EOGCS)[8]
Ultra Electronics SML Technologies radar tracking system
Ultra Electronics/EDO MFS-7000 sonar

Electronic warfare & decoys:
UAT16
Surface ship torpedo defence (SSTD)
Airbone Sys IDS300 decoy

Armament:
Anti-air missiles:
Sea Viper air defence system.
1 × 48-cell Sylver A50 VLS, for a combination of 48:
Aster 15 missiles (range 1.7-30 km)
Aster 30 missiles (range 3-120 km)
Anti-ship missiles:
2 × quad Harpoon launchers
Guns:
1 × BAE 4.5 inch Mk 8 naval gun
2 × Oerlikon 30 mm guns
2 × Phalanx CIWS
2 × Miniguns
6 × General purpose machine guns
Aircraft carried:
1-2× Lynx HMA8, armed with;
4× Sea Skua anti ship missiles, or
2× anti submarine torpedoes
or
1× Westland Merlin HM1, armed with;
4× anti submarine torpedoes

Aviation facilities:
Large flight deck
Enclosed hangar