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'{|{{Infobox Ship Begin}} {{Infobox Ship Image |Ship image=[[Image:HMS Defender (D114).jpg|300px|HMS Defender (D114)]] |Ship caption=HMS ''Defender'' leaving Malta }} {{Infobox Ship Career |Hide header= |Ship country=[[UK]] |Ship flag=[[Image:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg|60px|Royal Navy Ensign]] |Ship name=HMS ''Defender'' (D114) |Ship namesake= |Ship ordered= |Ship builder=[[Alexander Stephen and Sons]]<ref name=O-S/> |Ship laid down= |Ship launched=27 July 1950<ref name=Clyde>{{cite web|url=http://www.clydesite.co.uk/clydebuilt/viewship.asp?id=3396|title=HMS ''Defender'' at Shipping Times - Clydebuilt Database|accessdate=2008-05-20}}</ref> |Ship acquired= |Ship commissioned=05 December 1952<ref name=O-S>{{cite web|url=http://www.oldships.org.uk/SHIPS/SHIP_DETAILS/DEFENDER_DETAILS.htm|title=HMS ''Defender'' at Oldships.org|accessdate=2008-05-20}}</ref> |Ship decommissioned= |Ship in service= |Ship out of service= |Ship struck= |Ship reinstated= |Ship honours= |Ship fate= Listed for disposal 1969<br>Used for target practice and sold to James A White & Co, [[Inverkeithing]] 10 May 1972 for breaking up.<ref name=O-S/> |Ship status= |Ship notes= |Ship badge=On a Field Red, a fencing buckler and rapier Silver and Gold<br>[[Image:HMS Defender Crest.JPG|100px]] |Ship motto=''Fendendo vince''<br>("By defence I conquer") }} {{Infobox Ship Characteristics |Hide header= |Header caption= |Ship class=[[Daring class destroyer (1949)|''Daring'' Class Destroyer]] |Ship displacement=Standard: 2,830 [[ton]]s, Full load: 3,820 tons |Ship length={{convert|390|ft|m|abbr=on}} |Ship beam={{convert|53|ft|m|abbr=on}} |Ship draught={{convert|13.6|ft|m|abbr=on}} |Ship draft= |Ship propulsion=2 [[Foster Wheeler Corporation|Foster Wheeler]] [[Boiler (steam generator)|boilers]] (650 [[psi]], 850 [[°F]]), [[Parsons Marine Steam Turbine Company|Parsons]] [[steam turbine]]s, 2 shafts, 54,000 [[horsepower|shp]] (40 MW) |Ship speed=30 [[knot (speed)|kn]] (56 km/h) |Ship range=4,400 [[nautical mile|nmi]] at 20 kn |Ship complement=Approximately 300 |Ship sensors=*[[List of World War II British naval radar#type 293|Radar Type 293Q target indication]]<br/> *[[List of World War II British naval radar#type 291|Radar Type 291 air warning]] *[[List of World War II British naval radar#type 274|Radar Type 274 navigation]] *[[List of World War II British naval radar#type 275|Radar Type 275 fire control]] on director Mk.VI *[[List of World War II British naval radar#type 262|Radar Type 262 fire control]] on director CRBF and STAAG Mk.II |Ship EW= |Ship armament=*6 [[QF 4.5 inch naval gun|QF 4.5]] in /45 (114 mm) Mark V in 3 twin mountings UD Mark VI<br/> *4 [[Bofors 40 mm gun|40 mm /60 Bofors A/A]] in 2 twin mounts STAAG Mk.II *2 [[Bofors 40 mm gun|40 mm /60 Bofors A/A]] in 1 twin mount Mk.V *2 pentad tubes for 21 in (533 mm) [[torpedo]]es Mk.IX *1 [[Squid (weapon)|Squid]] anti submarine mortar |Ship armour= |Ship armor= |Ship aircraft= |Ship aircraft facilities= |Ship notes= }} |} {{otherships|HMS Defender}} '''HMS ''Defender'' (D114)''' was a [[Daring class destroyer (1949)|''Daring''-class]] [[destroyer]] of the [[Royal Navy]]. Built as Yard Number 609 <ref name=Clyde/> 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 conflicts in [[Korean War|Korea]], [[Malayan Emergency|Malaya]], [[Cyprus]], [[Suez Crisis|Suez]] and [[Aden Emergency|Aden]], she was listed for disposal in 1969, and was used for target practice in the [[Firth of Forth|Forth]]<ref name=Clyde/>. She was sold to James A White & Co Ltd, [[Inverkeithing]], [[Fife]] for [[Ship breaking|breaking]] in 1972<ref name=B-C>{{cite web|url=http://www.battleships-cruisers.co.uk/destroyers_after_1945.htm|title=HMS ''Defender'' at Battleships-cruisers.co.uk|accessdate=2008-05-20}}</ref>. ==Career== ''Defender'' commissioned for the [[Far East]] during 1953 and 1954, operating with [[US Navy]] in Japanese waters during October 1953 and taking part in the [[Korean War]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hmtships.googlepages.com/home|title=Hired Military Transport|accessdate=2008-05-20}}</ref>. In 1954 she located the wreck of [[HMS Prince of Wales (53)|HMS ''Prince of Wales'']] in position {{coord|3|33.6|N|104|28.7|E|type:landmark}}. Taking part in the [[Malay Emergency]], ''Defender'' carried out a coastal bombardment on the [[Johor]] coast, following which she steamed up the [[Johor River]] for nine miles, reminding any hostile watchers of the Royal Navy presence<ref name=BSW>{{cite web|url=http://www.britains-smallwars.com/|title=Britain's Small Wars|accessdate=2008-05-20}}</ref>. At some time between 1955 and 1958 she took part in operations against the terrorist organisation [[EOKA]] in [[Cyprus]]<ref name=BSW/>. On 19 July 1956 she brought [[Faisal II of Iraq]] across the [[English Channel|Channel]] to [[Dover]] for a 3-day state visit to the [[UK]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.itnsource.com/en/Entire-Archive/Compilations/Regions/Middle_East/?ref=%2Fcollections%2FS16110601.xml&collName=Iraq&links=&isDigi=True&currentPageIndex=0|title=Archive footage - ITN Source|accessdate=2008-05-20}}</ref>. Later the same year she served as escort to [[HMY Britannia|The Royal Yacht]] at [[Stockholm]] and [[Copenhagen]] and around the [[Baltic Sea]]. The ship was diverted to the [[Mediterranean]] and proceeded to [[Suez Crisis|Suez]], where she took part in the hostilities<ref name=BSW/>. In 1958 she conducted her first refit, losing her after torpedo tubes in the process and by July 1959 she was back in the [[Mediterranean]] - Able Seaman James Simpson of ''Defender'' is buried at [[Kalkara]] Naval Cemetery in [[Malta]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.angelfire.com/mp/memorials/AMaltalist2.htm|title=Malta Memorials|accessdate=2008-05-20}}</ref>. From 1963 to 1965 she was refitted for the second and last time, losing the forward torpedo tubes and gaining the Type 903 [[Fire-control radar]]. In 1966 she was deployed to [[Saint Vincent (island)|St Vincent]] in the [[Caribbean]] as a precaution during a period of anticipated political unrest. The next year she was east of Suez again, providing [[Anti-submarine warfare|anti-submarine]] cover for the [[task force]] withdrawal from [[Aden]]<ref name=BSW/>, and then remaining in the Far East until 1969. That year she was listed for disposal and she spent her last days in the [[Firth of Forth]] as a [[target ship]] before being sold for breaking. ==Commanding Officers== {| border="1" |'''From''' || '''To''' |||'''Captain''' |- |1954||1955|||Captain Joseph Charles Cameron Henley RN (later Rear Admiral Sir Joseph Henley [[Royal Victorian Order|KCVO]] [[Order of the Bath|CB]]) |- |1956||?|||Captain Hardy RN |- |1959||1960|||Captain Geoffrey Harry Carew-Hunt RN (later Rear Admiral Carew-Hunt CB) |} ==References== {{reflist}} {{Daring class destroyer (1949)}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Defender (D114)}} [[Category:Daring class destroyers (1949)]] [[Category:Royal Navy destroyers]] [[Category:Destroyers of the United Kingdom]] [[Category:Clyde-built ships]] [[Category:Ships of the Royal Navy]] [[Category:1950 ships]] {{UK-destroyer-stub}}'