HMS Defender (D36)

Type 45 destroyer

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

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Russia accused of threatening Dutch warship on patrol with Britain's HMS Defender Dutch authorities say Russian fighter jets armed with air-to-surface missiles threatened one of their navy ships in the Black Sea. Sky News - Published on June 29, 2021
Sensitive defence documents 'found at bus stop in Kent' Sensitive defence documents containing details about HMS Defender and the military have reportedly been found by a member of the public at a bus stop. Sky News - Published on June 27, 2021
PM defends Navy warship's actions as Moscow warns 'no options can be ruled out' Boris Johnson has insisted Royal Navy warship HMS Defender was sailing legally in Ukrainian waters and that Russia did not any fire warning shots. Sky News - Published on June 24, 2021

HMS Defender's route was bound to spark a response from Russia - but is it just a war of words? Britain will have known sailing a warship off the coast of Crimea - no matter how innocent or legal the passage - would provoke a response from Russia. Sky News - Published on June 23, 2021
Moscow releases footage it says shows HMS Defender being tracked by Russian military The Russian Defence Ministry has released footage it says shows HMS Defender being circled by military aircraft and followed by vessels. Sky News - Published on June 23, 2021