Defender sailed 1,100 kilometres (700 mi) 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 …

Launched in December 2009, HMS Defender is the fifth of the Royal Navy’s six Type 45 destroyers. Together with her sister vessels, Defender is one of the most advanced warships ever constructed.

Dec 4, 2024 · HMS Defender came out of dry dock today as the complex programme to maintain and update the Type 45 destroyer moves ahead. HMS Defender began a complex £68M upkeep, engine …

Jul 1, 2021 · The HMS Defender was part of a NATO naval task force participating in Operation Sea Guardian, NATO’s counter-terrorism mission in the Mediterranean. It entered the Black Sea on June …

Aug 22, 2025 · For Defender, the upgrade brings the ship closer to the level of layered air defence seen in comparable European fleets, where a combination of long-range and short-range interceptors is …

May 2, 2016 · HMS Defender is the fifth destroyer vessel of the Royal Navy’s Type 45 Class Destroyers. It is also the largest and most powerful destroyer in the navy’s fleet. The vessel was delivered to the …

HMS Defender (D 36): 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 …

Three ships of the Type 45 Daring class carry the same names as members of the previous Daring -class destroyers of 1949; these are: Daring, Diamond and Defender.

Jun 24, 2021 · Page details technical specifications, development, operational history of the HMS Defender (D36) Air Defense / Guided Missile Destroyer Warship including pictures.

Jul 7, 2023 · The refit of the UK Royal Navy’s Type 45 destroyer HMS Defender, which will see the integration of a 24-cell silo for the Sea Ceptor surface-to-air missile system and three new diesel …