HMS Defender (D36)

HMS Defender (D36)

Career (UK)
Name: Ordered: Builder: Laid down: Launched: Sponsored by: Commissioned: Identification: HMS Defender December 2000 BAE Systems Surface Ships 31 July 2006 21 October 2009 Lady Julie Massey March 21, 2013 Deck code: DF Pennant number: D36 [1] International callsign: GMIB IMO number: 4907878 Fendendo vince ("By defence I conquer") In active service as of 2013.

Motto: Status: Badge:

General characteristics
Type: Displacement: Length: Beam: Draught: Guided missile destroyer 8,000t (7,900 long tons; 8,800 short tons) 152.4m (500ft0in) 21.2m (69ft7in) 7.4m (24ft3in)
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Propulsion:

2 shafts Integrated electric propulsion (IEP);

2 Rolls-Royce WR-21 gas turbines, 21.5MW (28,800 shp) each [3] 2 Wrtsil 12V200 diesel generators, 2MW (2,700shp) each 2 Converteam electric motors, 20MW (27,000shp) each
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Speed: Range: Complement:

In excess of 29kn (54km/h; 33mph)

7,000 nautical miles (13,000km) at 18kn (33km/h) 190 SAMPSON multi-function air tracking radar (Type 1045) S1850M 3-D air surveillance radar (Type 1046) 2 Raytheon I-band Radar (Type 1047) 1 Raytheon E/F-band Radar [4] (Type 1048) [5] Ultra Electronics Series 2500 Electro-Optical Gun Control System (EOGCS) Ultra Electronics SML Technologies radar tracking system Ultra Electronics/EDO MFS-7000 sonar UAT16 Surface ship torpedo defence (SSTD) Airbone Sys IDS300 decoy

Sensors and processing systems:

Electronic warfare & decoys: Armament:

Anti-air missiles: Sea Viper (PAAMS) air defence system. 1 48-cell Sylver A50 VLS, for a combination of 48: Aster 15 missiles (range 1.7-30km) Aster 30 missiles (range 3-120km) Anti-ship missiles: 2 quad Harpoon launchers (4 ships only) Guns: 1 BAE 4.5 inch Mark 8 naval gun 2 Oerlikon 30mm guns 2 Phalanx CIWS 2 Miniguns 6 general purpose machine guns

Aircraft carried:

12 Lynx HMA8, armed with;

4 Sea Skua anti ship missiles, or 2 anti submarine torpedoes

or [6] 1 Westland Merlin HM1, armed with:

4 anti submarine torpedoes Large flight deck Enclosed hangar

Aviation facilities:

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 HMS Defender began in 2006, and she was launched in 2009. The ship completed her first sea trials in OctoberNovember 2011, and was commissioned during March 2013.

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Operational history
Defender's construction began at the BAE Systems Naval Ships (now part of BAE Systems Surface Ships) yard at Govan on the River Clyde in July 2006. The launch date was 21 October 2009.[7] On 21 October 2011, she left Scotstoun shipyard in Glasgow on her maiden voyage exactly two years to the day after she was launched, to conduct her first stage of sea trials. These trials were completed in mid-November. On 9 March 2012, she once again left the Clyde to commence a second round of trials, scheduled to last 28 days in the waters off western Scotland.[8] She is scheduled be formally handed over to the Royal Navy this summer and commissioned in 2013. The ship finally left Scotstoun on 21 July 2012 on her delivery voyage. Defender entered Portsmouth at 1000 on 25 July 2012 where BAE Systems and the Royal Navy conducted a formal handover ceremony. At 1400 that day she raised her White Ensign for the first time as a Royal Naval vessel under the command of Commander Phil Nash RN. HMS Defender was commissioned on 21 March 2013.

Advanced air-defence
The Type 45 destroyers are primarily designed for anti-aircraft and anti-missile warfare with the capability to defend against aircraft, drones as well as supersonic sea skimming anti-ship missiles.[9] The Royal Navy describe the destroyers mission as "to shield the Fleet from air attack". The Type 45 destroyer uses the sophisticated Sea Viper air-defence system[10] utilizing the SAMPSON active electronically scanned array multi-function air tracking radar, and the S1850M long-range air surveillance radar. The Sea Viper system is able to control and coordinate several missiles in the air at once, allowing several tracks to be intercepted. It has been suggested that the SAMPSON radar is capable of tracking an object the size of a cricket ball travelling at three times the speed of sound.[11] A core component of the Type 45's Sea Viper air-defence system is the Aster missile, composing of the Aster 15 and Aster 30. MBDA describe Aster as an anti-missile missile capable of intercepting all types of high performance air threats at a max range of 120km (Aster 30).[12] The Aster missile is autonomously guided and equipped with an active RF seeker enabling it to cope with "saturated attacks" thanks to a "Multiple engagement capability" and a "high rate of fire".[12] Presently the Daring-class destroyers are equipped with a 48-cell A50 Sylver Vertical Launching System allowing for a mix of up-tp 48 Aster 15 and 30 missiles. However, the Type 45 destroyer was designed to accommodate a total of 64-cells, while some reports suggest a total of 72-cells.[9]

Affiliations
City of Glasgow[13][14] City of Exeter[15] Exeter Flotilla [16] TS Exeter (City of Exeter 134) Sea Cadet Corps [17] 13 (City of Exeter) Squadron Air Training Corps Paddle Steamer Waverley Worshipful Company of Farmers

HMS Defender prior to launch.

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References
[9] Type 45 ("Daring" Class) Destroyer (http:/ / navy-matters. beedall. com/ daring1-2. htm) [10] HMS Dragon roars into life: Royal Navy's latest and most technologically advanced warship is launched (http:/ / www. dailymail. co. uk/ news/ article-2032581/ HMS-Dragon-roars-life-Royal-Navys-latest-technologically-advanced-warship-launched. html) [12] MBDA - Aster PDF (http:/ / www. mbda-systems. com/ mediagallery/ files/ aster_ds. pdf) [16] http:/ / www. exeterflotilla. org [17] http:/ / www. sea-cadets. org/

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