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Royal Navy Type 45 destroyer HMS Dragon intercepted and escorted Russian Udaloy I Destroyer.

| 2014
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Naval Forces News - UK, Russia
 
 
 
Royal Navy Type 45 destroyer HMS Dragon intercepted and escorted Russian Udaloy I Destroyer
 
In an example of routine work for the Royal Navy’s Fleet Ready Escort, the ship’s company of HMS Dragon have tracked, and met up with, the Russian Navy Vice Admiral Kulakov, a Udaloy I class destroyer as it transits past the United Kingdom.

Dragon, a fast and powerful Type 45 destroyer, pinpointed and monitored the movement of the Russian vessel as she approached British waters in what is a well-established and standard response to such events.
     
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Russian Navy Udaloy I class destroyer Vice-Admiral Kulakov (foreground) and Royal Navy Type 45 destroyer HMS Dragon (Background). Picture: UK MoD
     
Dragon deployed from Portsmouth last week to pre-position well north of Scotland in good time to respond to the Udaloy Class destroyer’s deployment. She has made contact with the Kulakov and is now keeping an eye on the Russian ship’s transit south.

HMS Dragon is the fourth of six Type 45 destroyers that have entered service in the past five years.

They provide the latest generation of maritime capability and are widely respected by the UK’s allies.

Dragon’s patrol area includes all the waters of the UK important to fishing and commerce as well as the UK’s oil and gas production facilities around the coastline.

HMS Dragon’s Commanding Officer, Captain Iain Lower, said:

“For a mission like this, it is not about sending any ship, we need speed, we need endurance and, as the weather can be atrocious, sea-keeping is all important.

“The Russian Navy is a very capable force and it is right that the Royal Navy sends a ship that is credible and none are more so than the Type 45 destroyer. With the world’s best Air Defence radars, Dragon’s sensors are able to monitor UK airspace and sea lanes of communication at very long range.”

Link to Udaloy I class (Project 1155R Fregat) anti-submarine destroyer technical datasheet

Link to Type 45 Daring class Anti-Air Warfare Destroyer technical datasheet
 
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