HMS Defiance (1861)
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| HMS Defiance 91-guns | |
|---|---|
| Class Overview |  |
| Type | steam two-decker line-of-battle ship |
| Name | Defiance class |
| Ships | 1 |
| Preceded by | Renown class |
| Suceeded by | Bulwark class |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage | 3,475 t |
| Displacement | 5,700 t |
| Length | 246 ft 9 in overall
219 ft 11.75 in keel-line |
| Beam | 55 ft 4 in extreme |
| Draught | 24 ft 6 in (24 ft forward, 24 ft 6 in aft) |
| Machinery | 800 nhp (Maudslay)
(3,550 ihp) |
| Speed (steam) | 11.884 kts (not masted or stored) |
| Trials | Plymouth 5 Feb 1862 |
| Masts | |
| Main | 67 ft x 40 in |
| Fore | 61 ft x 37 in |
| Mizzen | 51 ft 6 in x 27 in |
| Armament | |
| Gun Deck | 34 x 8in/65cwt |
| Main deck | 36 x 32pdr/56cwt |
| Upper Deck | 20 x 32pdr/45cwt
1 x 68pdr/95cwt |
| Complement | 860 |
| Cost | £119,442 |
| Career | |
| Builder | Pembroke |
| Ordered | 17 Jun 1855 |
| Laid Down | 20 Sep 1858 |
| Launched | 27 Mar 1861 |
| Sold | 26 Jun 1931 |
| Source | |
| Lambert Battleships in Transition[1] | |
HMS Defiance was the last wooden line-of-battle ship launched for the Royal Navy. She never saw service as a wooden line-of-battle ship. In 1884 she became a schoolship.
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[edit] Design
Defiance was a development of the Renown class. The second pair of the Renown class (Atlas and Anson) had a modified, finer stern run. Defiance was originally laid down as to the same plan as Atlas, but a new plan dated 8 Oct 1858 was prepared giving Defiance a lengthened bow.[2]
Defiance was the last ship to use the midsection design that Isaac Watts created for HMS James Watt.[3]
[edit] Career
Her trials off Plymouth on 5 Feb 1862 were conducted when she was neither masted nor stored. The trial speed of 11.886 kts was worse than the similar trials of Atlas (13.022 kts) and Anson (12.984 kts). However Defiance's lack of sea service means that there can be no certainty as to whether her design was an improvement on Atlas.[4]
On 26 Nov 1884 Defiance became the Devonport torpedo and mining schoolship.[5] She was sold on 26 Jun 1931 to S. Castle for breaking up at Millbay, Plymouth.[6]
[edit] Notes
- ^ Lambert, "Battleships in Transition", p122-6.
- ^ Lambert, "Battleships in Transition", p125-6.
- ^ Lambert, "Battleships in Transition", p126.
- ^ Lambert, "Battleships in Transition", p 125-6.
- ^ Lambert, "Battleships in Transition", p 126. Online history HMS Defiance
- ^ Lambert, "Battleships in Transition", p 126. Online history HMS Defiance
[edit] References
Lambert, Andrew Battleships in Transition, the Creation of the Steam Battlefleet 1815-1860, published Conway Maritime Press, 1984. ISBN 0 85177 315 X
