HMS Defender (D36)

For other ships of the same name, see HMS Defender.

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Career (United Kingdom)
Name:	HMS Defender
Ordered:	December 2000
Builder:	BAE Systems Surface Ships
Laid down:	31 July 2006
Launched:	21 October 2009
Identification:	IMO number: 4907878
Motto:	Fendendo vince ("By defence I conquer")
Status:	Under construction
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General characteristics
Class and type:	Type 45 air-warfare destroyer
Displacement:	7,500 tonnes (8,100 tonnes Full load) (both figures are 'start of life')
Length:	152.4 metres (500 ft)
Beam:	21.2 metres (70 ft)
Draught:	7.4 metres (24 ft)
Propulsion:	2 Rolls-Royce WR-21 gas turbines, Converteam electric motors
Speed:	Over 29 knots (54 km/h)
Range:	7,000 nautical miles (13,000 km) at economical speed
Complement:	190
Sensors and processing systems:	SAMPSON radar S1850M 3D radar MFS 7000 Sonar
Electronic warfare and decoys:	Seagnat SSTD
Armament:	Provision for and fitted with; 1 x PAAMS Air Defence System SYLVER VLS of 48; (total of 48 anti air aster missiles) Aster 15 missiles - short to medium range. (2-30kms) Aster 30 missiles - long range missile. (3-120kms) Also anti ballistic capable. 2 x Phalanx CIWS (to be fitted by 2011-2015) 1 x BAE Systems 4.5 inch Mk 8 Mod. 1 gun 2 x 30 mm guns 2 x Miniguns and up to 6 x General Purpose Machine Guns Provision for but not fitted with; 2 x Quad Boeing AGM-84 Harpoon launchers (total of 8 harpoon missiles) BGM-109 Tomahawk cruise missiles (if VLS is upgraded or replaced)
Aircraft carried:	1 x Lynx HMA8 or 1 x Westland Merlin HM1

HMS Defender is the fifth ship of the Type 45 or 'D' Class of air defence destroyer (AAW) being built for the Royal Navy.

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.

Design

Main article: Type 45 Destroyer

The Type 45 (or Daring) class will be the most advanced air-defence warship in the world. The ship's capabilities centre on the SAMPSON Multi Function Radar, which can detect targets out to a distance of 400 kilometres (220 nmi), and the PAAMS missile system.

The Type 45 has frequently been cited by the British press as being the first class of warship to include e-mail and entertainment systems (including iPod charging points) within the messdecks. These reports relate to 230-volt domestic supplies and access to external e-mail, both of which have been common features in most RN vessels for several years.

Affiliations

• City of Glasgow
• City of Exeter

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