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HMS Defender Laid Down : 22nd June 1931 Launched : 7th April 1932 Completed : 28th October 1932 Type : Destroyer Class : D Builder : Vickers Armstrong Country : UK Pennants : H07, I47 Fate : Foundered 11th July 1941. |
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HMS Defender, 1936. |
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7th April 1931 - Launched 7th April 1931 - Pennant H07 6th April 1932 - Off Hyeres 28th October 1932 - Commissioned 14th January 1933 - Arrived Port Galaxidi 25th January 1933 - Sailed Port Galaxidi 25th January 1933 - Arrived Gulf of Patras 1st February 1933 - Arrived Malta 7th March 1933 - Sailed Malta for Pollensa Bay 10th March 1933 - Arrived Palma 30th March 1933 - Arrived Golfe Juan 8th April 1933 - Sailed Antibes for Malta 10th April 1933 - Arrived Malta 5th August 1933 - Arrived Kotor 31st August 1933 - Sailed Malta 3rd September 1933 - Arrived Famagusta 6th September 1933 - Sailed Famagusta 7th September 1933 - Arrived Port Said 7th September 1933 - Sailed Port Said 11th September 1933 - Sailed Aden 11th September 1933 - Arrived Aden 15th September 1933 - Arrived Henjam 18th September 1933 - Sailed Henjam 18th September 1933 - Arrived Basidu 19th September 1933 - Sailed Basidu 20th September 1933 - Arrived Elphinstone 20th September 1933 - Sailed Elphinstone 21st September 1933 - Sailed Khassab 21st September 1933 - Sailed Thumb Island 21st September 1933 - Arrived Khassab 21st September 1933 - Arrived Thumb Island 22nd September 1933 - Arrived Debai 23rd September 1933 - Sailed Debai 24th September 1933 - Arrived Henjam 25th September 1933 - Arrived Henjam 27th September 1933 - Sailed Henjam 27th September 1933 - Arrived Basidu 29th September 1933 - Sailed Basidu 30th September 1933 - Arrived Kuwait 6th October 1933 - Sailed Kuwait 7th October 1933 - Arrived Bahrain 12th October 1933 - Sailed Bahrain 13th October 1933 - Arrived Basrah 16th October 1933 - Sailed Basrah 18th October 1933 - Arrived Muscat 18th October 1933 - Sailed Muscat 23rd October 1933 - Arrived Aden 23rd October 1933 - Sailed Aden 29th October 1933 - Arrived Port Said 30th October 1933 - Sailed Port Said 2nd November 1933 - Arrived Malta 9th January 1934 - Sailed Malta for cruise 10th January 1934 - Arrived Sfax 3rd March 1934 - Sailed Malta for Gibraltar 23rd March 1934 - Sailed Gibraltar 27th March 1934 - Arrived St. Maxime 10th April 1934 - Sailed Gulf of St. Trpoez for Rapallo 11th April 1934 - Arrived Rapallo 24th April 1934 - Sailed Rapallo for Malta 25th July 1934 - Arrived Phalerum Bay 15th August 1934 - Arrived Malta 23rd August 1934 - Sailed Malta for the UK 9th November 1934 - Arrived Malta 1st December 1934 - Arrived Colombo 5th December 1934 - Sailed Colombo for Singapore 10th December 1934 - Arrived Singapore 11th December 1934 - Arrived Singapore 18th December 1934 - Sailed Singapore for Malta 18th December 1934 - 8th Destroyer Flotilla (China Station) 18th December 1934 - 8th Destroyer Flotilla (China Station) 19th December 1934 - Sailed Singapore for Borneo 22nd December 1934 - Arrived Labuan 26th December 1934 - Sailed Labuan for Manila 1st January 1935 - Sailed Manila for Hong Kong 3rd January 1935 - Arrived Hong Kong 7th February 1935 - Lt. Cdr.Eric Perceval Hinton in Command 31st March 1935 - Sailed Hong Kong 4th April 1935 - Arrived Hong Kong 9th April 1935 - Sailed Hong Kong for Haiphong 11th April 1935 - Arrived Haiphong 1st August 1935 - Sailed Chinwangtao 28th December 1935 - Arrived Manila 20th July 1936 - Arrived Colombo 23rd September 1936 - Sailed Wei Hai Wei March 1937 - Donald George Frederick Wyville MacIntyre in Command 21st May 1937 - Sailed Hong Kong 3rd June 1937 - Arrived Wei Hai Wei 5th August 1937 - Arrived Shanghai 14th August 1937 - Arrived Chinwangtao September 1937 - Sailed Hong Kong for Wei Hai Wei 7th October 1937 - Arrived Chefoo 23rd October 1937 - Arrived Pei Taiho January 1938 - 8th Destroyer Flotilla January 1938 - 8th Destroyer Flotilla, China Station 12th March 1938 - Sailed Manila 8th April 1938 - Arrived Hong Kong 12th September 1938 - Sailed Hong Kong 13th September 1938 - Arrived Swatow 26th January 1939 - Sailed Singapore for Hong Kong 1st April 1939 - Lt.Cdr. St. John Reginald Joseph Tyrwhitt, RN In Command 29th July 1939 - Sailed Sharp Peak 28th August 1939 - Sailed Hong Kong 1st September 1939 - Arrived Singapore 2nd September 1939 - 21st Destroyer Flotilla, Division 41, China Station 2nd September 1939 - Sailed Singapore en route for Aden 5th October 1939 - Arrived Malta and was out of service for 7 days with perforated boiler tubes 5th October 1939 - Arrived Malta 12th October 1939 - Repairs completed at Malta 18th October 1939 - Sailed Malta to escort HMS Ramilles 20th October 1939 - Arrived Alexandria 25th October 1939 - Sailed Alexandria on a 15-inch gun shoot 27th October 1939 - Sailed Alexandria on a 15-inch gun shoot 31st October 1939 - Sailed Alexandria 3rd November 1939 - Arrived Malta 28th November 1939 - Sailed Malta as escort for HMS Barham to Port Said 6th December 1939 - Sailed Alexandria 14th December 1939 - Arrived Malta 31st December 1939 - At Malta refitting 27th January 1940 - Sailed Malta 29th January 1940 - Sailed Gibraltar on escort duties 2nd February 1940 - Patrol for Cadiz and Huelva to watch German merchant ships there AM 3rd February 1940 - Sailed Gibraltar to carry out an anti-subgmarine patrol off the Portuguese coast 4th February 1940 - Detached to stand by steamer Oregon which had broken down 7th February 1940 - Arrived Gibraltar 8th February 1940 - Sailed Gibraltar for Freetown 13th February 1940 - Sailed Gibraltar for Freetown. 18th February 1940 - Arrived Freetown 19th February 1940 - Arrived Dakar after VO operations 24th February 1940 - Arrived Freetown. 6th March 1940 - Patrolled off the African coast 9th March 1940 - Sailed Dakar on Patrol 16th March 1940 - Arrived Dakar from patrol 7th September 1940 - Battle Of Punto Stilo, Italy 7th September 1940 - 2nd Destroyer Flotilla 30th October 1940 - Lt.Cdr. Gilbert Lescombe Farnfield, RN In Command 27th November 1940 - Force D 27th November 1940 - Battle Of Cape Spartivento, Sardinia 11th July 1941 - Sunk |
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