Type 45 destroyer HMS Defender arriving in her affiliated city of Glasgow. The state-of-the-art Type 45 destroyer visited her adopted city for the first time since she was delivered to the Royal Navy. HMS Defender is the fifth of the Navy’s six state-of-the-art Type 45 destroyers – Defender was built in Glasgow which is one of her two affiliated cities (the other is Exeter). After delivery to her home port of Portsmouth in July 2012 and acceptance into the Fleet in March 2013, she is now undergoing extensive sea trials and training in order to undertake operational duties anywhere in the world when tasked. *Organization: Royal Navy *Object Name: NE130162041 *Category: MOD *Supplemental Categories: Equipment, Ships, Destroyers, Type 45 *Keywords: Equipment, Ship, Destroyer, DDG, Type 45, HMS Defender, Atmospheric *Country: UK