DEFENDER

Fleet

Royal Navy

Ship Type

Destroyer

Nickname

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Ship Class

Acheron class

Grouping

1st Destroyer Flotilla

Command

Battle-Cruiser Fleet

Builder's Yard

William Denny & Brothers, DumbartonYard number 935

Budget Year

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Construction Notes

Cost £83,000.

Date Laid Down

08.11.1910

Launch Date

31.08.1911

Completed date

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Commission date

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Year laid down

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Year launched

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Year completed

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Commission Year

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Pennant No

H28 (from Dec 1914 to 1st Jan 1918)

Photo Details

"HMS Defender (1911)". Licensed under Public Domain via Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:HMS_Defender_(1911).jpg#/media/File:HMS_Defender_(1911).jpg

Related stories

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Sister ships

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Eventual Fate

Scrapped 1921

Jutland result

Hit around 18:30 in the boiler room by a 12" shell. One man was killed, two wounded and her speed reduced to 15 kts. Defender towed the damaged HMS Onslow to Aberdeen on June 1st.

Ready for action after dock repairs

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Commander

Lieutenant-Commander Lawrence R. Palmer (decorated with the DSO)

Noteable Officers

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Crew complement

70

Officers

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Ratings

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Killed

1

Wounded

2

Prisoners

3

Displacement full Load (tons)

770

Artefacts Data

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Ship's Model

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Length (ft)

246'

Length (mtrs)

75

Beam (ft)

26'

Beam (mtrs)

7.8

Draught (ft)

8.9'

Draught (mtrs)

2.7

Max. Speed (knots)

27

Range (miles)

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Range (kilometres)

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Fuel

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Propulsion

3 shafts run by three Parsons turbines powered by 3 Yarrow oil-fired boilers. Rated at 13,500 shp.

Armour Main Belt

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Deck Armour

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Turret Armour IN CM

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Conning Tower Armour

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Barbette Armour

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Weight of armour

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Armour / Displacement Ratio

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Watertight compartments

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General Notes

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Fire Control Table

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Fire Control - Clock

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Primary Gun calibre

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No. Primary Turrets

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Guns (No.barrels)

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Primary gun layout

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Rounds per main gun

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Effective broadside guns

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Primary shell Weight (inches or cm)

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Primary Broadside Weight

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Secondary Gun Calibre

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Guns (No.barrels) 2

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Rounds per secondary

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Other Armament

Two BL 4" L/40 Mk VIII guns, mounting P Mk V and two QF 12 pdr. 12 cwt. Naval guns, mounting P Mk I

Elevation (degrees)

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Gunnery Range (yards)

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Gunnery Range (metres)

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Rate of Fire (rds per minute)

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Shells expended Main

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Mines dropped

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Shells expended Secondary

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Torpedoes fired

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Gunnery Notes

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Torpedo Type IN

21"

No. tubes

2

Torpedo Type MM

530 mm

No. Mines

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Torpedo Notes

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References & sources

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