HMS Defender
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HMS Defender was a D-class destroyer built for the Royal Navy in the early 1930s. The ship was initially assigned to the Mediterranean Fleet before she was transferred to the China Station in early 1935. She was temporarily deployed in the Red Sea during late 1935 during the Abyssinia Crisis, before returning to her assigned station where she remained until mid-1939. Defender was transferred back to the Mediterranean Fleet just before World War II began in September 1939. She briefly was assigned to West Africa for convoy escort duties in 1940 before returning to the Mediterranean. The ship took part in the Battles of Calabria, Cape Spartivento, and Cape Matapan over the next year without damage. Defender assisted in the evacuations from Greece and Crete in April–May 1941, before she began running supply missions to Tobruk, Libya in June. The ship was badly damaged by a German bomber on one of those missions and had to be scuttled by her consort on 11 July 1941.
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speed 36 knot, length 100.3 metre, beam 10.1 metre, draft 3.78 metre,
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Destroyer HMS Defender (H07) underway in the 1930s
The Royal Navy during the Second World War A2320
Crest of HMS Defender| Type | Subtype | Date | Description | Notes | Source |
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| link | page | Dreadnought Project page@ | Wikidata | ||
| link | page | naval-history.net page@ | Wikidata | ||
| link | page | uboat.net page@ | Wikidata | ||
| site | shipwreck | HMS Defender | D-class destroyer, shipwreck, destroyer | Wikidata | |
| commons | image | Destroyer HMS Defender (H07) underway in the 1930s | Commons | ||
| commons | image | The Royal Navy during the Second World War A2320 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Crest of HMS Defender | Commons | ||
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