Thameside Sea Cadets window ladder display helped launch HMS Duncan, the last of the six Type 45 Daring Class Anti -Air Warefare destroyers on the Clyde in Scotland on 11 October.

The Royal Navy ship was released to loud cheering from the 13,000-strong crowd at the shipyard in Govan where the vessel was constructed.

Fireworks and military anthems added to the sense of occasion after the ship’s sponsor, Marie Ibbotson, wife of Vice-Admiral Richard Ibbot- son, officially launched the ship.