Virtual Ship Tours: HMS Defender

Interested in experiencing what it's like on board an operational Royal Navy ship? Join our series of Virtual Ship's Tours and get an up-close look at all the different aspects of today's Royal Navy. Up next is the fifth of the six Type 45 Destroyers, HMS Defender, currently on Operational Sea Training ready for deployment. Defender’s primary role is to provide the Fleet with air defence using the ferocious Sea Viper anti-air missile system. At any one time, this high-tech warship could be hunting pirates, drug runners and submarines, defending the Fleet air attack, or providing humanitarian aid after a natural disaster.