Recruits will be trained on screens replicating equipment on the latest type 45 destroyers and existing ships.

BBC: Devonport navy training in 'radical change'

It is the last of the Type 42 class to go on active operations before they are replaced by new generation Type 45 destroyers.

BBC: HMS Edinburgh returns to Portsmouth from final deployment

Defender is the fifth of the navy's six new Type 45 destroyers to be commissioned, following HMS Daring, HMS Dauntless, HMS Diamond and HMS Dragon.

BBC: HMS Defender commissioning ceremony held in Portsmouth