HMS Defender (1797)
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| Career (UK) |  |
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| Name: | HMS Defender |
| Builder: | Limehouse |
| Launched: | 1797 |
| Fate: | Disposed of in 1802 |
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| Propulsion: | Sails |
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For other ships of the same name, see HMS Defender.
The first HMS Defender was a 12-gun Gunboat built in 1797 at Limehouse and disposed of in 1802. She was fitted with a sliding keel and armed with ten 18-pounder carronades and two long 24-pounders. In 1799 her captain was Lt S P Leavy RN, and she was based in Portsmouth.
[edit] References
- Colledge, J. J. and Warlow, Ben (2006). Ships of the Royal Navy: the complete record of all fighting ships of the Royal Navy, Rev. ed., London: Chatham. ISBN 9781861762818. OCLC 67375475.
- Age of Nelson website - Age of Nelson
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