This amazing photo has been captured by the crewmembers of the tanker RFA Gold Rover, who’d earlier provided the Portsmouth-based Type 45 destroyer with a top-up of fuel on the way to San Juan.
HMS Dragon is the fourth of the Royal Navy’s six Type 45 air defence destroyers, which was launched on 7 November 2008. She is equipped with the sophisticated Sea Viper (PAAMS) air-defence system utilizing the SAMPSON active electronically scanned array multi-function radar and the S1850M long-range radar.
She is currently on her way to Puerto Rico on the first stage of a seven-month deployment.
World Maritime News Staff, Image: Royal Navy