One private document reportedly names the final two planned Type 45s as HMS Diana and HMS Decoy. The account suggests that the ships were cancelled before those names became public because HMS Diana would have been especially difficult to cut during that period. Both names also belonged to the earlier Daring class, which gives the story some contextual plausibility. The evidence remains limited: the document sits in private papers, no independent document confirmed the claim, and other government naming proposals may have existed. The passage offers a useful example of source criticism, where a plausible claim supported by one document remains a possibility until independent evidence confirms it.
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The HMS Diana and HMS Decoy story remains unconfirmed
The last two Type 45s may have been intended as HMS Diana and HMS Decoy, but the account rests on one private document and remains unconfirmed.