Variants
- Defiant Mk I
- Two-seat turret fighter for the RAF, powered by a 1,030 hp (768 kW) Rolls-Royce Merlin III piston engine; 723 built.
- Defiant NF Mk I
- Defiant Mk I converted into night fighters
- Defiant NF Mk IA
- NF Mk I with Airborne Interception radar.
- Defiant ASR Mk I
- Mk I carrying air-dropped dingies for air-sea rescue.
- Defiant TT Mk I
- Defiant Mk IIs converted to target tugs; 150 conversions.
- Defiant Mk II
- Two-seat night fighter for the RAF, powered by a 1,280 hp (954 kW) Rolls-Royce Merlin XX piston engine, and fitted with the AI Mk IV airborne interception radar; 210 built.
- Defiant TT Mk III
- Dedicated turret-less target tug; 140 built from new.
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