English ship Defiance (1590)

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Defiance
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Name:Defiance
Launched: 1590
Fate: Sold, 1650
General characteristics as built
Class and type: 46-gun galleon
Armament: 46 guns of various weights of shot
General characteristics after 1615 rebuild [1]
Class and type: 40-gun great ship
Tons burthen: 700
Length: 97 ft (30 m) (keel)
Beam: 37 ft (11 m)
Depth of hold: 15 ft (4.6 m)
Sail plan: Full-rigged ship
Armament: 40 guns of various weights of shot
Defiance took part in the return of Prince Charles from Spain on 5 October 1623, by Hendrick Cornelisz Vroom at the National Maritime Museum Vroom Hendrick Cornelisz The Return of Prince Charles from Spain 5 October 1623.jpg
Defiance took part in the return of Prince Charles from Spain on 5 October 1623, by Hendrick Cornelisz Vroom at the National Maritime Museum

Defiance [Note 1] was a 46-gun galleon of the English Tudor navy, launched in 1590. [2]

She was rebuilt as a 40-gun great ship in 1615 by Phineas Pett I at Woolwich. [1] Defiance was sold out of the navy in 1650. [1]

The Return of the Fleet, by Cornelis Vroom in the Royal Collection The Return of the Fleet with Charles I (1600-1649), when Prince of Wales in 1623 c.1623-30 RCIN 406193.jpg
The Return of the Fleet, by Cornelis Vroom in the Royal Collection

Notes

  1. ↑ The 'HMS' prefix was not used until the middle of the 18th century, but is sometimes applied retrospectively

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References

Citations

  1. 1 2 3 Lavery, Ships of the Line vol. 1, p. 158.
  2. ↑ Lavery, Ships of the Line vol. 1, p. 14.

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