HMS Defender - D36

 

Name	HMS Defender
Ordered	December 2000
Builder	BAE Systems Surface Ships
Laid down	31 July 2006
Launched	21 October 2009
Commissioned	21 March 2013
Identification	Deck code: DF Pennant number: D36 International callsign: GMIB[1] IMO number: 4907878
Motto	Defendendo vinco ("By defending I win")
Status	In active service
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General characteristics
Class and type	Type 45 guided missile destroyer
Displacement	8,000[3] to 8,500 t (8,400 long tons; 9,400 short tons)[4][5][6]
Length	152.4 m (500 ft 0 in)
Beam	21.2 m (69 ft 7 in)
Draught	7.4 m (24 ft 3 in)
Installed power	2 × Rolls-Royce WR-21 gas turbines, 21.5 MW (28,800 shp) each 2 × Wärtsilä 12V200 diesel generators, 2 MW (2,700 shp) each[16]
Propulsion	2 shafts integrated electric propulsion with 2 × Converteam electric motors, 20 MW (27,000 shp) each
Speed	In excess of 30 kn (56 km/h; 35 mph)[2]
Range	In excess of 7,000 nautical miles (13,000 km) at 18 kn (33 km/h)[2]
Complement	191[8] (accommodation for up to 235)
Sensors and processing systems	SAMPSON multi-function air tracking radar (Type 1045) S1850M 3-D air surveillance radar (Type 1046) Raytheon Integrated Bridge and Navigation System 2 × Raytheon AHRS INS (MINS 2) 2 × Raytheon I-band Radar (Type 1047) 1 × Raytheon E/F-band Radar (Type 1048)[9] Ultra Electronics Series 2500 Electro-Optical Gun Control System (EOGCS)[10] Ultra Electronics SML Technologies radar tracking system Ultra Electronics/EDO MFS-7000 sonar
Electronic warfare & decoys	UAT Mod 2.0 (2.1 planned)[14] AN/SSQ-130 Ship Signal Exploitation Equipment (SSEE) Increment F cryptologic exploitation system[15] Seagnat Naval Decoy IDS300 Surface Ship Torpedo Defence
Armament	Anti-air missiles: PAAMS air-defence system 48 × Sylver Vertical Launching System A50 for: Aster 15 missiles (range 1.7–30 km) Aster 30 missiles (range 3–120 km) Anti-ship missiles: Up to 8 × Harpoon missile[11] (reported no longer deployed as of 2022)[12][13] Guns: 1 × 4.5 inch Mark 8 naval gun 2 × 30 mm DS30B guns 2 × 20 mm Phalanx CIWS 2 × 7.62 mm Miniguns 6 × 7.62 mm general purpose machine guns
Aircraft carried	1–2 × Lynx Wildcat, armed with: 4 × anti-ship missiles, or 2 × anti-submarine torpedoes or 1 × Westland Merlin,[7] armed with: 4 × anti-submarine torpedoes
Aviation facilities	Large flight deck Enclosed hangar