HMS Defender (1911)

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

HMS Defender
History
Royal Navy EnsignUnited Kingdom
NameHMS Defender
BuilderWilliam Denny & Brothers Dumbarton
Cost£83,000
Yard number935[1]
Laid down8 November 1910
Launched30 August 1911
Motto
  • Fendendo vince
  • ("By defence I conquer")
Honours and
awards
  • Heligoland 1914
  • Dogger Bank 1915
  • Jutland 1916
FateSold for scrap on 4 November 1921[2]
Badge
  • On a Field Red, a fencing buckler and rapier Silver and Gold
General characteristics
Class and typeAcheron-class destroyer
Displacement770 tons
Length75 m (246 ft)
Beam7.8 m (26 ft)
Draught2.7 m (8.9 ft)
Propulsion
  • Three shaft Parsons Turbines
  • Three Yarrow boilers (oil fired)
  • 13,500 shp
Speed27 knots (50 km/h)
Complement70
Armament

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]

  1. ^ "HMS Defender at Clydebuilt Database". Archived from the original on 26 May 2011. Retrieved 17 October 2008.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference ditt p62 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Colledge & Warlow 2006, p. 105