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Specifications
Daring Horizon
Origin 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 🇫🇷 France
Category Destroyer Destroyer
Type Guided-missile destroyer Air-defense destroyer
Manufacturer BAE Systems Maritime – Naval Ships Horizon Sas
Year introduced 2009 2007
Number built 6 units 4 units
Estimated unit price $1,300 million $1,500 million
Displacement 7,350 tons 7,050 tons
Maximum speed 32.0 knots 29.0 knots
Range 7,000 nm at 18 knots 6,100 nm at 3500 knots
Length 152.4 m 152.9 m
Beam 21.2 m 20.3 m
Crew 191 236
Performance Radar Chart
Armament & Systems
Daring Horizon
Armament
  • 48 × Sylver vertical launching system A50 (Aster 15 and Aster 30 missiles)
  • 24 × Sea Ceptor silos (planned)
  • 1 × 4.5 inch Mark 8 naval gun
  • 2 × DS30B Mk 1 30 mm guns
  • 2 × 20 mm Phalanx CIWS
  • 2 × 7.62 mm Miniguns (replaced by Browning .50 caliber heavy machine guns)
  • 6 × 7.62 mm general purpose machine guns
  • 2 x DragonFire laser-based directed energy weapon (planned)
  • Harpoon Block 1C SSMs (retired 2023)
  • Naval Strike Missile (replacement)
  • PAAMS air-defence system
  • 48-cell A50 Sylver Vertical Launching System
  • Aster 15 missiles
  • Aster 30 missiles
  • 8 × Exocet MM40 Block 3 (France)
  • 8 × TESEO Mk-2/A (Italy)
  • 2 × OTO Melara 76 mm Super Rapid guns (France)
  • 3 × OTO Melara 76 mm Super Rapid guns (Italy)
  • 2 × 2 Sadral Mistral Simbad-RC CIWS
  • 2 × OTO Melara 25/80 gun with Oerlikon KBA 25mm (Italy)
  • 3 × 20 mm Narwhal remotely-operated guns (France)
  • 2 × WASS B515/1 single torpedo tubes for MU90 Impact
Propulsion 2 shafts integrated electric propulsion with 2 × Rolls-Royce WR-21 gas turbines (21.5 MW each) and 2 × Wärtsilä 12V200 diesel generators (2 MW each) or 3 × MTU 4000 series diesel generators (3 MW each) CODOG scheme: 2 × GE/Avio General Electric LM2500 Plus TAG, 20.500 kW (27.491 hp) each; 2 × diesel engines SEMT Pielstick 12PA6 STC 4.320 kW (5.793 hp) each
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Frequently Asked Questions

Which has greater displacement, the Daring-class or Horizon-class?
The Daring-class has greater displacement at 7,350 tons compared to the Horizon-class's 7,050 tons.
Which is faster, the Daring-class or Horizon-class?
The Daring-class is faster with a maximum speed of 32 knots compared to the Horizon-class's 29 knots.
Which has longer range, the Daring-class or Horizon-class?
The Daring-class has a longer range at 7,000 nautical miles compared to the Horizon-class's 6,100 nautical miles.
Which is longer, the Daring-class or Horizon-class?
The Horizon-class is longer at 152.9 meters compared to the Daring-class's 152.4 meters.
How many crew members do the Daring-class and Horizon-class have?
The Horizon-class has a larger crew complement of 236 compared to the Daring-class's 191 crew members.
Which is more expensive, the Daring-class or Horizon-class?
The Horizon-class is more expensive at approximately $1.5 billion per unit compared to the Daring-class at $1.3 billion.
Which has been built in greater numbers, the Daring-class or Horizon-class?
The Daring-class has been built in greater numbers with 6 vessels compared to 4 vessels of the Horizon-class.