Defender Class, British Destroyers

Specifications:

Tonnage 1375 tons standard displacement
Dimensions 329' by 33' by 12'6"
100.28m by 10.06m by 3.78m
Maximum speed       36 knots
Complement 145
Armament 4x1 4.7"/45 guns
1 3"/45 dual-purpose gun
2x1 2pdr guns
2x4 21" (53cm) torpedo tubes
Depth charges
Bunkerage 473 tons fuel oil
Range 5870 nautical miles (10,870 km) at 15 knots


The Defender or "D" class of destroyers were completed in 1932-1933. They were very similar to the preceding Crescent class, which were all transferred to Canada before the war and saw no service in the Pacific. 


Units in the Pacific:


Decoy    

Arrived 1942-2     
Withdrawn 1943-4-12

References

Whitley (1988)

Worth (2001)

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