HMS Defender (1883)

HMS Defender was a second-class colonial-service torpedo boat built in 1883 for service in New Zealand and abandoned at Lyttelton sometime after 1900. Her remains are today displayed at the Lyttelton Torpedo Boat Museum.

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Defender.
Torpedo boat Defender
History
United Kingdom
NameHMS Defender
Ordered26 August 1882
BuilderJohn I. Thornycroft & Company
Cost£12,600 for four boats
Yard number168
Launched30 July 1883
Commissioned18 September 1883
FateAbandoned at Purau Bay, Lyttelton Harbour, New Zealand
StatusPreserved at the Lyttelton Torpedo Boat Museum
General characteristics
Class and typeDefender-class torpedo boat
Displacement12 tons
Length62 ft 10 in (19.15 m)
Beam7 ft 6 in (2.29 m)
Installed power173 hp (129 kW)
Propulsion
  • Two-cylinder compound-expansion steam reciprocating engine
  • 130lb/sq in Locomotive boiler,
Speed17.3 kn (32.0 km/h)
Complement7
Armament
  • One McEvoy Spar torpedo (later augmented by two 18" Whitehead torpedoes)
  • One 2-barrelled Nordenfelt gun
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