The old (twin 4,5 inch inch naval guns) used in the Type 12, 12M ,12 i, Leander-class frigates, County-class destroyers, other frigates and old Daring class destroyers of the British Royal Navy.
The Daring-class destroyers were both the largest and most heavily armed ships serving in British Commonwealth navies to be classified as destroyers.
They were intended to fill some of the duties of cruisers, which post-Second World War. were considered both expensive and obsolete by British naval planners, and the ships were briefly officially considered a hybrid type (Darings) before being rated as destroyers. They were also the last destroyers of the Royal Navt and Royal Australian Navy to have guns as their main armament (instead of guided missile systems), which the ships use during the Indonesian Confrontation from January 20th 1963 to August 11th, 1966, and the Vietnam War.
The Daring-class destroyers were in service in the British Royal Navy and Royal Australian Navy, from the 1950s to the 1980s. Following decommissioning, two British Darings were sold to the Peruvian Navy, which operated one ship until 1993 and the other until 2007. One ship of the class is preserved: the HMAS Vampire as a museum ship at the Australian National Maritime Museum.
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