HMS Defence (1815)
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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 |
| General characteristics [1] | |
| Class & 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: | Sails |
| Sail plan: | Full rigged ship |
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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]
She was converted to serve as a prison ship in 1849.[1] Defence was badly damaged by an accidental fire, probably caused by spontaneous combustion in a load recently delivered coal,[2] at Woolwich on 14 July 1857.[3] The fire was extinguished by scuttling the ship[2] and while it was not totally destroyed the remains were broken up later.[3]
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- 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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