HMS Defender (D36)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Defender.

HMS Defender in 2012
History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Defender
OrderedDecember 2000
BuilderBAE Systems Surface Ships
Laid down31 July 2006
Launched21 October 2009
Commissioned21 March 2013
Identification
Motto
  • Defendendo vinco
  • ("By defending I win")
StatusUndergoing refit
Badge
General characteristics
Class and typeType 45 guided missile destroyer
Displacement8,000[2] to 8,500 t (8,400 long tons; 9,400 short tons)[3][4][5]
Length152.4 m (500 ft 0 in)
Beam21.2 m (69 ft 7 in)
Draught7.4 m (24 ft 3 in)
Installed power
Propulsion
SpeedIn excess of 30 kn (56 km/h; 35 mph)[7]
RangeIn excess of 7,000 nautical miles (13,000 km) at 18 kn (33 km/h)[7]
Complement191[8] (accommodation for up to 235)
Sensors and
processing systems
Electronic warfare
& decoys
Armament
Aircraft carried
Aviation facilities
  • Large flight deck
  • Enclosed hangar

HMS Defender is the fifth of the Type 45 or Daring-class air-defence destroyers built for the Royal Navy. She is the eighth ship to bear the name. Construction of Defender began in 2006, and she was launched in 2009. The ship completed her first sea trials in October and November 2011, and was commissioned during March 2013.

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