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<p>All ships rotate through planned operating cycles involving maintenance, training,
deployment, leave and upgrades. This results in individual ships being at various
levels of readiness to deploy, safeguarding the continuous ability of these technologically
advanced ships and the highly skilled personnel to deploy in support of Government
policies.</p><p> </p><p>The following table provides the current programming of each
Type 45 Destroyer.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Ship</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Current
programming</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMS DARING</p></td><td><p>Deployed (on
route) to Middle East</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMS DAUNTLESS</p></td><td><p>Training</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMS
DIAMOND</p></td><td><p>Deployed to Mediterranean</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMS DEFENDER</p></td><td><p>Entering
a maintenance period</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMS DRAGON</p></td><td><p>Adaptive Force
Escort</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HMS DUNCAN</p></td><td><p>Maintenance prior to deployment</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
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