English ship Defiance (1590)

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HMS Defiance - Vroom Hendrick Cornelisz The Return of Prince Charles from Spain 5 October 1623 (cropped).jpg
Defiance
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Flag of England.svg England
NameDefiance
Launched1590
FateSold, 1650
General characteristics as built
Class and type46-gun galleon
Armament46 guns of various weights of shot
General characteristics after 1615 rebuild [1]
Class and type40-gun great ship
Tons burthen700
Length97 ft (30 m) (keel)
Beam37 ft (11 m)
Depth of hold15 ft (4.6 m)
Sail plan Full-rigged ship
Armament40 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]

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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

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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