HMS Defiance (1590)
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 England
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| Name: | Defiance |
| Launched: | 1590 |
| Fate: | Sold, 1650 |
| General characteristics as built | |
| Class and type: | 46-gun galleon |
| Armament: | 46 guns of various weights of shot |
| General characteristics after 1615 rebuild | |
| Class and type: | 40-gun great ship |
| Tons burthen: | 700 |
| Length: | 97 ft (30 m) (keel) |
| Beam: | 37 ft (11 m) |
| Depth of hold: | 15 ft (4.6 m) |
| Sail plan: | Full-rigged ship |
| Armament: | 40 guns of various weights of shot |
Defiance was a 46-gun galleon of the English Tudor navy, launched in 1590.
She was rebuilt as a 40-gun great ship in 1615 by Phineas Pett I at Woolwich.Defiance was sold out of the navy in 1650.
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