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''Defiance''The 'HMS' prefix was not used until the middle of the 18th century, but is sometimes applied retrospectively was a 46-gun
''Defiance''The 'HMS' prefix was not used until the middle of the 18th century, but is sometimes applied retrospectively was a 46-gun galleon
Galleons were large, multi-decked sailing ships developed in Spain and Portugal.
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, launched in 1590.Lavery, Ships of the Line vol. 1, p. 14.
She was rebuilt as a 40-gun great ship
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in 1615 by Phineas Pett I at Woolwich
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The district's location on the River Thames led to its status as an important naval, military and industrial area; a role that was mainta ...
. ''Defiance'' was sold out of the navy in 1650.
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*Lavery, Brian (1983) ''The Ship of the Line - Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650-1850.'' Conway Maritime Press. . Ships of the English navy 16th-century ships {{UK-line-ship-stub