HMS Defender (D114)
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| Name | HMS Defender |
| Ordered | 16 February 1945 |
| Builder | Alexander Stephen and Sons |
| Laid down | 22 March 1949 |
| Launched | 27 July 1950 |
| Commissioned | 5 December 1952 |
| Identification | Pennant number: D114 |
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| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Daring-class destroyer |
| Displacement | Standard: 2,830 tons, Full load: 3,820 tons |
| Length | 390 ft (120 m) |
| Beam | 43 ft (13 m) |
| Draught | 13.6 ft (4.1 m) |
| Propulsion | 2 Foster Wheeler boilers (650 psi, 850 °F), Parsons steam turbines, 2 shafts, 54,000 shp (40 MW) |
| Speed | 30 knots (56 km/h) |
| Range | 4,400 nmi (8,100 km) at 20 kn (37 km/h) |
| Complement | Approximately 300 |
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HMS Defender was a Daring-class destroyer of the Royal Navy.
Built as yard number 609 at Alexander Stephen and Sons, and originally intended to be named Dogstar, she was launched on 27 July 1950. After a career which saw her involved in the Korean War and conflicts in Malaya, Cyprus, Suez and Aden, she was listed for disposal in 1969, and was used for target practice in the Forth. She was sold to James A White & Co Ltd, Inverkeithing, Fife for breaking in 1972.