HMS Defiance (1590)
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| Career (England) |  |
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| Name: | HMS Defiance |
| Launched: | 1590 |
| Fate: | Sold, 1650 |
| General characteristics as built | |
| Class and type: | 46-gun galleon |
| Propulsion: | Sails |
| Armament: | 46 guns of various weights of shot |
| General characteristics after 1615 rebuild[1] | |
| Class and type: | 40-gun Great ship |
| Tons burthen: | 700 tons (711.2 tonnes) |
| Length: | 97 ft (29.6 m) (keel) |
| Beam: | 37 ft (11.3 m) |
| Depth of hold: | 15 ft (4.6 m) |
| Propulsion: | Sails |
| Sail plan: | Full rigged ship |
| Armament: | 40 guns of various weights of shot |
For other ships of the same name, see HMS Defiance.
HMS Defiance was a 46-gun galleon of the English Royal 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]
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[edit] References
- 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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