HMS Defender

Update 21.09.2021
Current Name HMS Defender
Ships Sign D 36
Classification Society Lloyd's Register Fairplay
IMO 4907878
Call Sign GMIA
Operator Royal Navy, Portsmouth (Navy Command Headquarters), Hampshire, United Kingdom
Owner UK Ministry of Defence, Whitehall, Westminster, London, United Kingdom
Flag United Kingdom
Port of Registry Portsmouth
Type of Ship destroyer
Completion 2013
Shipyard BAE Systems Naval Ships, Govan Shipyard, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom / BAE Systems Surface Ships Ltd., Scotstoun Shipyard, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
Building No. ? / ?
Displacement [t] 7.450
Overall Length [m] 152,40
Registered Breadth [m] 21,20
Maximum Draught [m] 5,50
Propulsion [KW] 39.458
Propulsion [BHP] 53.648
Speed [Kn] 28,0
Additional Information 5th "Daring" class destroyer [type 45] (6 vessels, also see >HMS Dauntless< and >HMS Duncan<) - launched: BAE Systems Naval Ships, Govan Shipyard, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom (No. ?) - main armament: PAAMS VLS SAM system consisting of 48x SAM "Silver A50", 16x "Aster-30" and 32x "Aster-15" missiles; 8x SSM "Harpoon", 2x2 324 mm fixed Stingray ASW torpedos, 1x 114-mm gun Mk 8, 2x 30-mm AA gun DS-30M, 2x 20-mm gun Mk 15 Phalanx CIWS, 1x ASW Lynx or Merlin helicopter (Sea Skua missiles and/or Stingray ASW torpedos).
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