English ship Defiance (1590)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Defiance.

Defiance
History
English FlagEngland
NameDefiance
Launched1590
FateSold, 1650
General characteristics as built
Class & type46-gun galleon
Armament46 guns of various weights of shot
General characteristics after 1615 rebuild[1]
Class & type40-gun great ship
Tons burthen700
Length97 ft (30 m) (keel)
Beam37 ft (11 m)
Depth of hold15 ft (4.6 m)
Sail planFull-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

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

Notes

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

Citations

  1. ^ a b c Lavery, Ships of the Line vol. 1, p. 158.
  2. ^ Lavery, Ships of the Line vol. 1, p. 14.

References

  • Lavery, Brian (1983) 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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