HMS Defender

HMS Defender

Seven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS "Defender", and another is currently being built:

* HMS "Defender" (1797) was a 12-gun gunboat launched in 1797 and on the Navy List until 1802.
* HMS "Defender" (1804) was a 14-gun gunbrig launched in 1804 and wrecked in 1809.
* HMS "Defender" (1809) was an 8-gun lugger, previously the French privateer "Bonne Marseille". She was captured in 1809 by HMS "Royalist" and sold in 1814.
* HMS "Defender" (1883) was an early Torpedo Boat, the remains of which can be seen at the Torpedo Boat Museum, Magazine Bay, Lyttelton, New Zealand.
* HMS "Defender" (1911) was an "Acheron" class Torpedo boat destroyer, launched in 1911, present at the Battle of Jutland and sold in 1921.
* HMS "Defender" (H07), a D class destroyer launched in 1932 and sunk in 1941.
* HMS "Defender" (D114), a "Daring"-class destroyer launched in 1950 and broken up in 1972.
* HMS "Defender" (D36), a Type 45 destroyer currently in build.

The name was also used between 1941(?) and 1945 for a small shore establishment just outside Liverpool.


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