HMS Defender
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Seven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Defender, and another is currently being built:
- HMS Defender (1797) was a 12-gun gunboat launched in 1797 and on the Navy List until 1802.
- HMS Defender (1804) was a 14-gun gunbrig launched in 1804 and wrecked in 1809.
- HMS Defender (1809) was an 8-gun lugger, previously the French privateer Bonne Marseille. She was captured in 1809 by HMS Royalist and sold in 1814.
- HMS Defender (1883) was an early Torpedo Boat, the remains of which can be seen at the Torpedo Boat Museum, Magazine Bay, Lyttelton, New Zealand.
- HMS Defender (1911) was an Acheron class Torpedo boat destroyer, launched in 1911, present at the Battle of Jutland and sold in 1921.
- HMS Defender (H07), a D class destroyer launched in 1932 and sunk in 1941.
- HMS Defender (D114), a Daring-class destroyer launched in 1950 and broken up in 1972.
- HMS Defender (D36), a Type 45 destroyer currently in build.
The name was also used between 1941(?) and 1945 for a small shore establishment just outside Liverpool.
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