HMS Defender (D114)

	HMS Defender leaving Malta
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Defender
Ordered	16 February 1945
Builder	Alexander Stephen and Sons
Laid down	22 March 1949
Launched	27 July 1950
Commissioned	5 December 1952
Identification	Pennant number: D114
Motto	Fendendo vince; ("By defence I conquer");
Fate	Listed for disposal 1969; Used for target practice and sold to James A White & Co, Inverkeithing 10 May 1972 for breaking up.;
Badge	On a Field Red, a fencing buckler and rapier Silver and Gold; ;
General characteristics
Class and type	Daring-class destroyer
Displacement	Standard: 2,830 tons, Full load: 3,820 tons
Length	390 ft (120 m)
Beam	43 ft (13 m)
Draught	13.6 ft (4.1 m)
Propulsion	2 Foster Wheeler boilers (650 psi, 850 °F), Parsons steam turbines, 2 shafts, 54,000 shp (40 MW)
Speed	30 knots (56 km/h)
Range	4,400 nmi (8,100 km) at 20 kn (37 km/h)
Complement	Approximately 300
Sensors and ; processing systems	Radar Type 293Q target indication; Radar Type 291 air warning; Radar Type 274 navigation; Radar Type 275 fire control on director Mk.VI; Radar Type 262 fire control on director CRBF and STAAG Mk.II;
Armament	6 QF 4.5 in /45 (114 mm) Mark V in 3 twin mountings UD Mark VI; 4 40 mm /60 Bofors A/A in 2 twin mounts STAAG Mk.II; 2 40 mm /60 Bofors A/A in 1 twin mount Mk.V; 2 pentad tubes for 21 inch (533 mm) torpedoes Mk.IX; 1 Squid anti submarine mortar;

HMS Defender was a Daring-class destroyer of the Royal Navy.

Built as yard number 609 at Alexander Stephen and Sons, and originally intended to be named Dogstar, she was launched on 27 July 1950. After a career which saw her involved in the Korean War and conflicts in Malaya, Cyprus, Suez and Aden, she was listed for disposal in 1969, and was used for target practice in the Forth. She was sold to James A White & Co Ltd, Inverkeithing, Fife for breaking in 1972.

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