HMS Defiance (1783)

HMS Defiance (1783)

HMS "Defiance" was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built by Randall and Co., at Rotherhithe on the River Thames, and launched on 10 December 1783.

History

Her crew mutinied three times, firstly in October 1795, when she was under the command of Captain Sir George Horne. Captain William Bligh of the HMS|Calcutta|1795|2 was ordered to embark 200 troops and take them alongside in order for the troops to board "Defiance" and regain control, however the threat of the soldiers was sufficient to bring about an end to the mutiny. The crew of the "Defiance" mutinied for a second time in 1797 during the Spithead mutiny, and again in 1798 during the rising of the United Irishmen.Fact|date=September 2008

She fought at the Battle of Copenhagen on 2 April 1801, as the flagship of Rear Admiral Sir Thomas Graves, with Captain Richard Retalick commanding. She also participated in the Battle of Cape Finisterre on 22 July 1805, and the Battle of Trafalgar on 21 October, whilst under the command of Captain Philip Charles Durham, who claimed that 'she was the fastest 74 gun ship in the British fleet'. In the latter battle she captured the Spanish "San Juan Nepomuceno" and sustained casualties of 17 killed, 53 wounded.Fact|date=September 2008

After serving as a prison ship at Chatham from 1813, she was broken up in 1817.

Captains

*1794 Captain G. Keppel
*1795 Captain Sir George Horne
*1796 Captain T. Jones
*1799 Captain T.R. Shivers
*1801 Captain R. Retalick
*1805 Captain Philip Charles Durham
*1807 Captain Henry Hotham
*1811 Captain Richard Raggett

Trafalgar Wood Project

As a part of the Trafalgar Wood Project to commemorate the 33 Royal Navy ships that were at Trafalgar, a wood of 10 acres was planted in October/November 2005 in Dumfries, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland to honour HMS "Defiance".Fact|date=September 2008

Further reading

*"Trafalgar Captain: Durham of the Defiance", Hilary Rubinstein, Tempus Publishing Ltd, 2005, ISBN 0-7524-3435-7

Citations and notes

References


*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.

External links

* [http://college.hmco.com/history/readerscomp/ships/html/sh_025900_hmsdefiance.htm Ships of the World]
* [http://www.treeforall.org.uk/Scotland/News/Buccleuch+Estate.htm Trafalgar Wood Project]


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