HMS Defender (H07)
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 United Kingdom
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| Name: | HMS Defender |
| Ordered: | 2 February 1931 |
| Builder: | Vickers Armstrong, Barrow in Furness |
| Yard number: | 674 |
| Laid down: | 22 June 1931 |
| Launched: | 7 April 1932 |
| Completed: | 31 October 1932 |
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| Honours and awards: |
Calabria 1940, Spartivento 1940, Matapan 1941, Malta Convoys 1941, Greece 1941, Crete 1941, Libya 1941 |
| Fate: | Sunk on 11 July 1941 |
| Badge: |  |
| General characteristics as built | |
| Class and type: | D-class destroyer |
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| Length: | 329 ft (100.3 m) o/a |
| Beam: | 33 ft (10.1 m) |
| Draught: | 12 ft 6 in (3.8 m) |
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| Propulsion: | 2 × shafts, 2 × Parsons geared steam turbines |
| Speed: | 36 knots (67 km/h; 41 mph) |
| Range: | 5,870 nmi (10,870 km; 6,760 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
| Complement: | 145 |
| Sensors and processing systems: |
ASDIC |
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HMS Defender was a D-class destroyer built for the Royal Navy in the early 1930s. The ship was initially assigned to the Mediterranean Fleet before she was transferred to the China Station in early 1935. She was temporarily deployed in the Red Sea during late 1935 during the Abyssinia Crisis, before returning to her assigned station where she remained until mid-1939. Defender was transferred back to the Mediterranean Fleet just before World War II began in September 1939. She briefly was assigned to West Africa for convoy escort duties in 1940 before returning to the Mediterranean. The ship participated in the Battles of Calabria, Cape Spartivento, and Cape Matapan over the next year without damage. Defender assisted in the evacuations from Greece and Crete in April–May 1941, before she began running supply missions to Tobruk, Libya in June. The ship was badly damaged by a German bomber on one of those missions and had to be scuttled by her consort on 11 July 1941.
Defender displaced 1,375 long tons (1,397 t) at standard load and 1,890 long tons (1,920 t) at deep load. The ship had an overall length of 329 feet (100.3 m), a beam of 33 feet (10.1 m) and a draught of 12 feet 6 inches (3.8 m). She was powered by Parsons geared steam turbines, driving two shafts, which developed a total of 36,000 shaft horsepower (27,000 kW) and gave a maximum speed of 36 knots (67 km/h; 41 mph). Steam for the turbines was provided by three Admiralty 3-drum water-tube boilers. Defender carried a maximum of 473 long tons (481 t) of fuel oil that gave her a range of 5,870 nautical miles (10,870 km; 6,760 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph). The ship's complement was 145 officers and men.
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