HMS Defence

Names and owners

Year	Name	Owner
1907	HMS Defence	Royal Navy

Fate

The Minotaur-class Armoured Cruiser HMS Defence was sunk with all hands at the Battle of Jutland on May 31^st, 1916 following a magazine explosion when under fire from four German battleships and a battlecruiser. Some nine hundred sailors lost their lives, including two from the Hartlepools, Frank Moore and Robert Sharp.