| Name: | DARING |
| Type: | Destroyer |
| Keel: | 29/09/1945 |
| Launched: | 10/08/1949 |
| Completed: | 08/03/1952 |
| Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
| Yard: | Wallsend |
| Yard Number: | 1739 |
| Dimensions: | 2830disp - 3820disp, 366.0 x 43.0 x 12.8(draft)ft |
| Engines: | 2 x Geared steam turbines, Parsons type, 54000shp |
| Engines by: | Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
| Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 30.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Armament: | 3 x 2 x 4.5ins QF, 3 x 2 x 40mm guns, 2 x 5 x 21.0ins torpedoes, Squid mortar |
| History: | |
| 08/03/1952 | British Royal Navy |
| 15/06/1971 | Broken up |
| Comments: | Name ship of the Daring Class of destroyers |
| Allocated pennant number I15, later changed to D05 | |
| 15/06/1971: Broken up by Hughes Bolckow Ltd at Blyth |
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Above photo, dated 29/06/1971, is copyright of Dennis Maccoy