H.M.S. Defence (1907)

H.M.S. Defence
Career	Details
Pendant Number:
Built By:
Laid down:
Launched:
Commissioned:	9 February, 1909
Sold:
Fate:	Lost at Jutland
Struck:
General Characteristics
Displacement:	16,100 tons (full load)
Length:	490 feet (p.p.) 519 feet (o.a.)
Beam:	75 feet 6 inches
Draught:	25 feet
Propulsion:	2 sets of 4 cylinder triple expansion engines
Speed:	23 knots
Range:	8,150 miles at 10 knots
Complement:	755
Armament:	4 × BL 9.2 in/45 Mk X (30.5 cm) guns on six single Mk V mountings 10 × 7.5 in/50 Mk II or Mk V guns on single Mk II mountings 16 × 12 pdr guns 5 × 18 in (45 cm) Whitehead torpedoes

Career

Defence commissioned at Devonport on 9 February, 1909, for service in the Fifth Cruiser Squadron at the Nore.

Commanding Officers

Dates of appointment given:

• Captain Cecil F. Dampier, 16 November, 1908.

Bibliography

• Dittmar, F.J.; Colledge, J.J. (1972). British Warships 1914–1919. London: Ian Allan.
• Template:BibConways1906-1921