HMS Defender (D36)
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Name | HMS Defender |
Ordered | December 2000 |
Builder | BAE Systems Surface Ships |
Laid down | 31 July 2006 |
Launched | 21 October 2009 |
Sponsored by | Lady Massey |
Commissioned | 21 March 2013 |
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Status | In active service, as of 2014 |
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Class and type | Type 45 Guided missile destroyer |
Displacement | 8,000[3] to 8,500 t (8,400 long tons; 9,400 short tons)[4][5][6] |
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)[2] |
Range | In excess of 7,000 nautical miles (13,000 km) at 18 kn (33 km/h)[2] |
Complement | 191[8] (accommodation for up to 235) |
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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–November 2011, and was commissioned during March 2013.
Construction
Defender's construction began at the BAE Systems Naval Ships (now part of BAE Systems Surface Ships) yard at Govan on the River Clyde in July 2006. The launch date was 21 October 2009.[29]
Sea trials
On 21 October 2011, Defender left Scotstoun shipyard in Glasgow on her maiden voyage exactly two years to the day after she was launched, to conduct her first stage of sea trials. These trials were completed in mid-November. On 9 March 2012, she once again left the Clyde to commence a second round of trials, scheduled to last 28 days in the waters off western Scotland.[30]
Operational service
The ship left Scotstoun on 21 July 2012 on her delivery voyage and entered Portsmouth at 10:00 on 25 July 2012 where BAE Systems and the Royal Navy conducted a formal handover ceremony. At 14:00 that day she raised her White Ensign for the first time as a Royal Naval vessel under the command of Commander Phil Nash. Defender was commissioned on 21 March 2013.[31] She stopped off at her home on the Clyde for final testing and was open to members of the public on Saturday 30 November 2013 before going into active service.[32]
Defender sailed 700 miles from Portsmouth to the north east of Scotland on 19 December 2013 to meet a Russian task group of six ships including the aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov and escorted them down the east coast of Scotland. The vessels were held back by bad weather and had anchored in the Moray Firth.[33]
Defender was part of Operation Shader, employed as an air defence guard ship for the US Carrier Task Force 50.[34]
The ship sailed on 19 October 2015 for a second deployment to the Middle East region.[35] On 18 November, it was announced Defender would deploy alongside France's Charles de Gaulle carrier battle group, deployed off the coast of Syria as an air defence escort. This was in response to France's activation of article 42.7 of the European Union Treaty.[36]
On 27 April 2016, Defender escorted the ocean liner RMS Queen Mary 2 through the Gulf of Oman.[37]
In June 2016, Defender, in conjunction with Australian and French ships, seized a total haul of 1020 kg of hashish from a fishing dhow south of Oman.[38]
Characteristics
Affiliations
- City of Glasgow[39][40]
- City of Exeter[41]
- Exeter Flotilla
- TS Exeter (City of Exeter 134) Sea Cadet Corps
- 13 (City of Exeter) Squadron Air Training Corps
- Paddle Steamer Waverley
- Worshipful Company of Fletchers
- Exeter City Football Club
Notes
References
- ^ "Royal Navy Bridge Card, February 2011" (PDF). Retrieved 18 April 2011.[dead link]
- ^ "Type 45 Destroyer". Royal Navy. Retrieved 6 November 2011.
- ^ "For Queen and Country". Navy News (July 2012): Page 8.
One hundred or so miles west of the largest city of Abidjan lies the fishing port of Sassandra, too small to accommodate 8,500-tonnes of Type 45.
- ^ "HMS Duncan joins US Carrier on strike operations against ISIL". Navy News. Royal Navy. 7 July 2015. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
As well as supporting the international effort against the ISIL fundamentalists – the 8,500-tonne warship has also joined the wider security mission in the region.
- ^ "Air Defence Destroyer (T45)". Royal Navy. Archived from the original on 31 October 2007. Retrieved 20 November 2007.
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- ^ "Raytheon Press Release" (PDF). 8 March 2006. Retrieved 31 January 2008.
- ^ "Jane's Electro-Optic Systems". 28 October 2010. Retrieved 21 August 2011.
- ^ "Type 45 Ballistic Missile Defence upgrade to support more than 100 UK jobs". UK Government. 24 May 2022. Retrieved 24 November 2022.
- ^ "HMS Defender destroys drone in exercise which paves the way for future of air defence at sea". royalnavy.mod.uk. 2 June 2023. Retrieved 4 June 2023.
- ^ "Snapshot: The Royal Navy escort fleet in April 2024". Navy Lookout. 20 April 2024. Retrieved 21 April 2024.
- ^ "£500m firepower upgrade for Type 45 destroyers". GOV.UK. Retrieved 24 November 2022.
- ^ "Royal Navy's Type 45 destroyers – reaching their full potential with addition of Sea Ceptor missiles". Navy Lookout. 6 July 2021. Retrieved 24 November 2022.
- ^ Scott, Richard (19 December 2023). "First NSM fit on RN Type 23 frigate". Janes. Retrieved 23 April 2024.
- ^ "Contenders for the Royal Navy's interim anti-ship missile requirement". navylookout.com. 26 August 2021. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
- ^ @NavyLookout (17 March 2023). "@HMSDuncan sails from Portsmouth this afternoon. Has been re-equipped with Harpoon missiles - the first Type 45 to carry SSM for several years" (Tweet). Retrieved 18 March 2023 – via Twitter.
- ^ "Can the UK supply anti-ship missiles to Ukraine?". 10 April 2022.
- ^ Scott, Richard (16 February 2022). "UK confirms cancellation of I-SSGW programme". Janes Information Services. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
- ^ "Snapshot: The Royal Navy escort fleet in April 2024". Navy Lookout. 20 April 2024. Retrieved 21 April 2024.
- ^ "Royal Navy to buy the Naval Strike Missile". Navy Lookout. 23 November 2022. Retrieved 25 November 2022.
- ^ "Royal Navy ships to be fitted with advanced new missile system". gov.uk. 23 November 2022. Retrieved 25 November 2022.
- ^ "The all-rounder – the 30mm Automated Small Calibre Gun in focus". Navy Lookout. 13 January 2021. Retrieved 29 March 2023.
- ^ "In focus: the 50 cal heavy machine gun in Royal Navy service". Navy Lookout. 5 May 2023. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
- ^ "Fleet to get the latest in electronic surveillance" (PDF). DESider. Ministry of Defence. September 2012. p. 18.
- ^ "UK to buy Shaman CESM for Seaseeker SIGINT programme". IHS Janes Defense. 29 June 2014.
- ^ "HMS Daring". Wärtsilä. Retrieved 1 August 2011.
- ^ Stewart, Catriona (21 October 2009). "Clyde's new ship to make a splash". Evening Times. Evening Times. p. 22.
- ^ "Defender resumes her sea trials as new destroyer prepares to join the Fleet". Royal Navy. 12 March 2012. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 15 March 2012.
- ^ "BBC News - HMS Defender commissioning ceremony held in Portsmouth". Bbc.co.uk. 21 March 2013. Retrieved 3 February 2014.
- ^ "BBC News - HMS Defender returns to Glasgow ahead of public opening". bbc.co.uk. 29 November 2013. Retrieved 3 February 2014.
- ^ Ministry of Defence (9 January 2014). "Destroyer meets Russian task force along UK coastline - News stories". GOV.UK. Retrieved 6 February 2014.
- ^ "HMS Defender supports operations against ISIL in the middle east". Royal Navy. 3 October 2014. Retrieved 5 December 2015.
- ^ Pilmoor, Ellie (20 October 2015). "HMS Defender leaves Portsmouth for nine-month deployment in Middle East". The News. Portsmouth, UK. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
- ^ "British warship set to support French carrier group on ISIL mission". British Ministry of Defence. 18 November 2015. Retrieved 5 December 2015.
- ^ "HMS Defender escorts ocean liner through potentially dangerous sea lanes". Portsmouth News. 27 April 2016. Retrieved 21 May 2016.
- ^ "CMF scores another huge win against drug traffickers". Combined Maritime Forces. 8 June 2016. Retrieved 8 June 2016.
- ^ Nicoll, Vivienne (12 May 2009). "City home to hi-tech warship". Evening Times. Archived from the original on 18 September 2012. Retrieved 21 October 2009.
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