English ship Defiance (1590)

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

Defiance
History
England
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

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

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

Bibliography

  • Lavery, Brian (2003) The Ship of the Line - Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650-1850. Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-252-8.



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