HMS Defender is the fifth of the Navy's six state-of-the-art Type 45 destroyers.

Destroyers are part of the backbone of the Royal Navy, committed around the world 365 days a year hunting pirates, drug runners or submarines, defending the Fleet from air attack, and providing humanitarian aid after natural disasters.

Britain's 6 Type 45 destroyers are the most advanced warships the nation has ever built. Their mission is to shield the Fleet from air attack using Sea Viper missile which can knock targets out of the sky up to 70 miles away.

The Daring Class of Destroyer (Type 45) is capable of controlling the airspace across an area of 150,000 square miles (twice the size of Portugal) whilst being able to defend a task group of ships against attack from the air, either by aircraft or missiles.

• Organization: Royal Navy
• Object Name: DFNDGibraltar
• Category: MOD
• Supplemental Categories: Equipment, Ships, Destroyers, Type 45
• Keywords: Royal Navy, Equipment, Ship, Destroyer, DDG, Type 45, HMS Defender, Sea, Rock of Gibralter, Wake
• Country: At Sea