Dates: 1932 - 1941
Ordered under the 1930 Programme, Defender was laid down at the Vickers Armstrongs yard in Barrow as Yard Number 674 on 22 June 1931, and launched on 7 April 1932. She was commissioned on 31 October 1932 having cost a total of ?223,979, excluding the Admiralty supplied equipment such as guns, ammunition and wireless outfits.
Memories of HMS Defender
HMS Defender, CYPRUS NICOSIA in 1959Written by Alan John Williams
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"I remember we were docked in Nicosia
and a guard of honour off the Defender had to go to Nicosia for the Queens Birthday Parade.being Matelots and not
too interested in Army ways we were walking around the camp and we came across the stockade it was a high wire fence with the pongo’s just milling about inside so we started lobbing packets of blue liners over to them.But of course we were soon apprehended but pleaded ignorance,but back to the parade after a couple of days practicing it was decided that the army and R.A.F. would have to slow down to our pace for the march past. The headlines next day were "BOYS IN BLUE STEAL THE SHOW. "
Forces Reunited Forum Posts involving HMS Defender
" HIYA SHEILA congrates on your 55 years. sorry to hear you lost on horatio. but what did you expect with only onr eye and one arm, he did well to run at all.just back from the caravan 18 e-mails trying to catch up will contact you again soon BUNGY. THE PIC IS HMS DEFENDER my first ship in the R.N. TTFN BUNGY. [DEFENDER..,-.jpg]"
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" Quoting: alan williams HIYA SHEILA congrates on your 55 years. sorry to hear you lost on horatio. but what did you expect with only onr eye and one arm, he did well to run at all.just back from the caravan 18 e-mails trying to catch up will contact you again soon BUNGY. THE PIC IS HMS ..."
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" Hiya Everybody, Just a note to ask if anyone remembers the HMS Defender, I was on it during the EOKA Campaign 1956 with my company Ist HLI, and had a great time,as the crew looked after us so well, first time drinking a ToT of the best stuff,did not like,the fatigues we were given to pass our ..."
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" HIYA Jim.iwas on DEFENDER 1959-1961. YES she was a great ship. i have plenty of photographs,if you want one. Quoting: JAMES McNEILLY FURY Hiya Everybody, Just a note to ask if anyone remembers the HMS Defender, I was on it during the EOKA Campaign 1956 with my company Ist HLI, and ..."
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" Jim, Alan and Doug. Methinks the photo is of the Defender which was sunk in 1941, not the Daring Class destroyer (D114) which took part in the "Cyprus patrols". I did "Cyprus Patrol" on HMS Undine (F141) in 1957. The new HMS Defender is a Type45 destroyer which will be launched in 2009. Pennant No D35. Last edited by Ray McWilliams"
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