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==Service==
==Service==
In mid-1913, she was serving with her sisters in the {{UK-DF|1}}.<ref>''The Navy List'' (July, 1913).  p. 299.</ref>
In mid-1913, '"Defender'' was serving with her sisters in the {{UK-DF|1}}.<ref>''The Navy List'' (July, 1913).  p. 299.</ref>


She fought at the [[Battle of Jutland]] as part of the {{UK-DF|1}},{{UKJutlandOD|p. 34}} which was tasked with screening the {{UK-BS|5}}.
She fought at the [[Battle of Jutland]] as part of the {{UK-DF|1}},{{UKJutlandOD|p. 34}} which was tasked with screening the {{UK-BS|5}}.
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Dates of appointment are provided when known.
Dates of appointment are provided when known.
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* {{LCommRN}} [[Walter J. Fletcher]], 13 January, 1912.<ref>''The Navy List'' (December, 1914).  p. 300c.</ref>
* {{LCommRN}} [[Walter John Fletcher|Walter J. Fletcher]], 13 January, 1912.<ref>''The Navy List'' (December, 1914).  p. 300c.</ref>
* {{LCommRN}} [[Cecil Henry Hulton Sams|Cecil H. H. Sams]], 2 October, 1914.<ref>''The Navy List'' (January, 1915).  p. 301.</ref>
* {{LCommRN}} [[Cecil Henry Hulton Sams|Cecil H. H. Sams]], 2 October, 1914.<ref>''The Navy List'' (January, 1915).  p. 301.</ref>
* {{LCommRN}} [[Laurence Reynolds Palmer|Laurence R. Palmer]], in command at the [[Battle of Jutland]].{{UKJutlandOD|p. 46}}
* {{LCommRN}} [[Laurence Reynolds Palmer|Laurence R. Palmer]], in command at the [[Battle of Jutland]].{{UKJutlandOD|p. 46}}

Revision as of 15:40, 5 January 2014

H.M.S. Defender (1911)
Pendant Number: H.28 (1914)
H.29 (Jan 1918)[1]
Builder: Denny[2]
Ordered: 1910-11 Programme[3]
Launched: 30 Aug, 1911[4]
Sold: 4 Nov, 1921[5]

H.M.S. Defender was one of 29 destroyers of the Acheron class.

Radio

She was one of 18 Acheron class destroyers fitted with W/T in 1912, becoming one of 123 destroyers so far fitted with Destroyer Sets.[6]

Service

In mid-1913, '"Defender was serving with her sisters in the First Destroyer Flotilla.[7]

She fought at the Battle of Jutland as part of the First Destroyer Flotilla,[8] which was tasked with screening the Fifth Battle Squadron.

She was reduced to C. & M. Party at Devonport on 15 October, 1919.[9]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 62.
  2. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 62.
  3. ↑ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. p. 75.
  4. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 62.
  5. ↑ Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 62.
  6. ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1912. Wireless Appendix, p. 6.
  7. ↑ The Navy List (July, 1913). p. 299.
  8. ↑ Battle of Jutland Official Despatches. p. 34.
  9. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 757.
  10. ↑ The Navy List (December, 1914). p. 300c.
  11. ↑ The Navy List (January, 1915). p. 301.
  12. ↑ Battle of Jutland Official Despatches. p. 46.

Bibliography


Acheron Class Destroyer
Admiralty Design
Goshawk Hind Hornet Hydra Defender
Druid Sandfly Jackal Tigress Lapwing
  Lizard Phoenix Ferret Forester  
Yarrow Specials
  Archer Attack  
Thornycroft Specials
  Acheron Ariel  
Parsons Specials
  Badger Beaver  
Firedrake/Yarrow Specials
  Firedrake Lurcher Oak  
Australian type
  Parramatta Warrego Yarra  
  Huon Swan Torrens  
<– Acorn Class Destroyers (UK) Acasta Class –>


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