HMS Defender (1911)

	HMS Defender
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Defender
Builder	William Denny & Brothers Dumbarton
Cost	£83,000
Yard number	935
Laid down	8 November 1910
Launched	30 August 1911
Motto	Fendendo vince; ("By defence I conquer");
Honours &; awards	Heligoland 1914; Dogger Bank 1915; Jutland 1916;
Fate	Sold for scrap on 4 November 1921
Badge	On a Field Red, a fencing buckler and rapier Silver and Gold; ;
General characteristics
Class & type	Acheron-class destroyer
Displacement	770 tons
Length	75 m (246 ft)
Beam	7.8 m (26 ft)
Draught	2.7 m (8.9 ft)
Propulsion	Three shaft Parsons Turbines; Three Yarrow boilers (oil fired); 13,500 shp;
Speed	27 knots (50 km/h)
Complement	70
Armament	2 × BL 4-inch (101.6 mm) L/40 Mark VIII guns, mounting P Mark V; 2 × QF 12 pounder 12 cwt naval gun, mounting P Mark I; 2 × single tubes for 21 inch (533 mm) torpedoes;

HMS Defender was an Acheron-class destroyer which was built in 1911, served throughout World War I and was broken up in 1921. She was the fifth ship of the name to serve in the Royal Navy.

History
HMS Defender
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Defender
Builder	William Denny & Brothers Dumbarton
Cost	£83,000
Yard number	935
Laid down	8 November 1910
Launched	30 August 1911
Motto	Fendendo vince ("By defence I conquer")
Honours & awards	Heligoland 1914 Dogger Bank 1915 Jutland 1916
Fate	Sold for scrap on 4 November 1921
Badge	On a Field Red, a fencing buckler and rapier Silver and Gold
General characteristics
Class & type	Acheron-class destroyer
Displacement	770 tons
Length	75 m (246 ft)
Beam	7.8 m (26 ft)
Draught	2.7 m (8.9 ft)
Propulsion	Three shaft Parsons Turbines Three Yarrow boilers (oil fired) 13,500 shp
Speed	27 knots (50 km/h)
Complement	70
Armament	2 × BL 4-inch (101.6 mm) L/40 Mark VIII guns, mounting P Mark V 2 × QF 12 pounder 12 cwt naval gun, mounting P Mark I 2 × single tubes for 21 inch (533 mm) torpedoes