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Name | HMS Defence |
Ordered | 23 March 1809 |
Builder | Chatham Dockyard |
Laid down | May 1812 |
Launched | 25 April 1815 |
Fate | Burnt, 1857 |
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Class and type | Vengeur-class ship of the line |
Tons burthen | 1754 bm |
Length | 176 ft (54 m) (gundeck) |
Beam | 47 ft 6 in (14.48 m) |
Depth of hold | 21 ft (6.4 m) |
Propulsion | Sail |
Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
Armament |
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HMS Defence was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 25 April 1815 at Chatham.[1]
History
[edit]HMS Defence was ordered on 23 March 1809 and laid down in May 1812 at Chatham Dockyard. She was launched on 25 April 1815 and served as a 74-gun third-rate ship of the line.
In 1849, she was converted to serve as a prison ship. On 14 July 1857, Defence was badly damaged by an accidental fire at Woolwich, likely caused by spontaneous combustion in a recently delivered load of coal.[2] The fire was extinguished by scuttling the ship, and the remains were subsequently broken up later that year.[3]
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Sectional_view_of_the_interior_of_the_%22Defence%27_Hulk.jpg/220px-Sectional_view_of_the_interior_of_the_%22Defence%27_Hulk.jpg)
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[edit]External links
[edit]Media related to HMS Defence (ship, 1815) at Wikimedia Commons