HMS Defender (1883)
Torpedo boat Defender | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Defender |
| Ordered | 26 August 1882 |
| Builder | John I. Thornycroft & Company |
| Cost | £12,600 for four boats |
| Yard number | 168 |
| Launched | 30 July 1883 |
| Commissioned | 18 September 1883 |
| Fate | Abandoned at Purau Bay, Lyttelton Harbour, New Zealand |
| Status | Preserved at the Lyttelton Torpedo Boat Museum |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Defender-class torpedo boat |
| Displacement | 12 tons |
| Length | 62 ft 10 in (19.15 m) |
| Beam | 7 ft 6 in (2.29 m) |
| Installed power | 173 hp (129 kW) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 17.3 kn (32.0 km/h) |
| Complement | 7 |
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HMS Defender was a second-class colonial-service torpedo boat built in 1883 for service in New Zealand and abandoned at Lyttelton sometime after 1900. Its remains are today displayed at the Lyttelton Torpedo Boat Museum.