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HMS Defender |
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HMS Defender Laid Down : 22nd March 1949 Launched : 29th July 1950 Completed : 5th December 1952 Type : Destroyer Class : Daring Builder : Stephen Country : UK Pennants : D114 Fate : Laid down as Dogstar and renamed in 1946. Scrapped 10th May 1972, James A. White & Co., Inverkeithing |
| HMS Defender (D114) was a Daring Class destroyer. Built as Yard No. 609 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 the conflicts in Korea, Malaya, Cyprus, Suez & Aden. She was listed for disposal in 1969, and was used for target practice in the Forth. She was sold to James A. White & Co. Ltd., Inverkeithing, Fife for breaking up in 1972. |
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. In 1954 she located the wreck of HMS Prince of Wales. 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. At some time between 1955 and 1958 she took part in operations against the terrorist organization EOKA in Cyprus. On 19 July 1956 she brought Faisal II of Iraq across the Chanel to Dover for a 3 day state visit to the UK. Later the same year she served as escort to The Royal Yacht at Stockholm and Copenhagen and around the Baltic Sea. The ship was diverted to the Mediterranean and proceeded to Suez, where she took part in the hostilities. |
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. |
From 1963 to 1965 she was refitted for the 2nd and last time, losing the forward torpedo tubes and gaining the Type 903 Fire Control Radar. In 1966 she was deployed to 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 cover for the task force withdrawal from Aden, snd 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. |
HMS Defender Photos for Sale |
  HMS Defender, June 1966. |   HMS Defender, September 1969. |   HMS Defender, September 1969. |   HMS Defender. (P) |
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27th July 1950 - Launched 27th July 1950 - Pennant L47 3rd December 1952 - Commissioned 15th June 1953 - Participated in 1953 Coronation Review 16th June 1953 - Sailed UK for Far East 20th December 1954 - Arrived UK from Far East 21st November 1960 - Arrived Rotterdam 25th November 1960 - Sailed Rotterdam 1972 - Broken up | |||
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Last edited : 14:33, February 2, 2011
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