HMS Defender (D36)
2013 Type 45 or Daring-class air-defence destroyer of the Royal Navy / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For other ships with the same name, see HMS Defender.
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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Name | HMS Defender |
Ordered | December 2000 |
Builder | BAE Systems Surface Ships |
Laid down | 31 July 2006 |
Launched | 21 October 2009 |
Commissioned | 21 March 2013 |
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Status | Undergoing refit |
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Class and type | Type 45 guided missile destroyer |
Displacement | 8,000[2] to 8,500 t (8,400 long tons; 9,400 short tons)[3][4][5] |
Length | 152.4 m (500 ft 0 in) |
Beam | 21.2 m (69 ft 7 in) |
Draught | 7.4 m (24 ft 3 in) |
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Speed | In excess of 30 kn (56 km/h; 35 mph)[7] |
Range | In excess of 7,000 nautical miles (13,000 km) at 18 kn (33 km/h)[7] |
Complement | 191[8] (accommodation for up to 235) |
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