HMS Defender (1911)

HMS Defender
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Defender
Builder	William Denny & Brothers Dumbarton
Cost	£83,000
Yard number	935[1]
Laid down	8 November 1910
Launched	30 August 1911
Motto	Fendendo vince ("By defence I conquer")
Honours and awards	Heligoland 1914 Dogger Bank 1915 Jutland 1916
Fate	Sold for scrap on 4 November 1921[2]
Badge	On a Field Red, a fencing buckler and rapier Silver and Gold
General characteristics
Class and type	Acheron-class destroyer
Displacement	770 tons
Length	75 m (246 ft)
Beam	7.8 m (26 ft)
Draught	2.7 m (8.9 ft)
Propulsion	Three shaft Parsons Turbines Three Yarrow boilers (oil fired) 13,500 shp
Speed	27 knots (50 km/h)
Complement	70
Armament	2 × BL 4-inch (101.6 mm) L/40 Mark VIII guns, mounting P Mark V 2 × QF 12 pounder 12 cwt naval gun, mounting P Mark I 2 × single tubes for 21 inch (533 mm) torpedoes

HMS Defender was an Acheron-class destroyer which was built in 1911, served throughout World War I and was broken up in 1921. She was the fifth ship of the name to serve in the Royal Navy.^[3]