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HMS Defiance (1675)

Ship Career
Class and type64-gun third rate ship of the line
Ship nameHMS Defiance
BuilderPhineas Pett II, Chatham Dockyard
Launched1675
FateBroken up, 1749
General characteristics
Tons burthen890 tons (904.3 tonnes)
Length117 ft (35.7 m) (keel)
Beam37 ft 10 in (11.5 m)
Depth of hold15 ft 10 in (4.8 m)
Sail planFull rigged ship
Armament64 guns of various weights of shot

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HMS Defiance' was a 64-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built by Phineas Pett II at Chatham Dockyard, and launched in 1675.

In the summer of 1678, Defiance was under the command of John Ernle.

She was rebuilt at Woolwich Dockyard in 1695, again as a 64-gun ship.

Defiance was part of a squadron under Vice-Admiral John Benbow in August 1702. In an action between Benbow's squadron and the squadron of the French Admiral Jean du Casse, Defiance under Captain Richard Kirkby was one of the ships that refused to engage. Along with , Defiance bore away from the French squadron after only two or three broadsides, and stood out of range. At his court-martial, Captain Kirkby was convicted of cowardice and sentenced to be shot.

In 1707 she was rebuilt for a second time, relaunching from Deptford Dockyard as a 66-gun third rate.

Defiance was reduced to a fourth rate in 1716, and was hulked in 1743. She was broken up in 1749.

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