HMS_Defence_(1815)

HMS <i>Defence</i> (1815)

HMS Defence (1815)

Vengeur-class ship of the line

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

HMS Defence was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 25 April 1815 at Chatham.[1]

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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 recently delivered load of 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]

Sectional view of the interior of the Defence Hulk, (The Woolwich prison ships)
The Defence hulk and the Unite convict hospital ship, off Woolwich

Citations

  1. [1]
    Lavery, Ships of the Line vol. 1, p. 189.
  2. [2]
    The Hobart Town Mercury, 30 Oct 1857, p2
  3. [3]
    Gosset (1986), p. 114.

References

  • Gosset, William Patrick (1986). The lost ships of the Royal Navy, 1793-1900. Mansell. ISBN 0-7201-1816-6.
  • 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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