Several ships of the
Royal Navy
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have been named HMS ''Defence'':
* , launched in 1763, fought in many battles in the
American Revolutionary War
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, the
French Revolutionary Wars
The French Revolutionary Wars (french: Guerres de la Révolution française) were a series of sweeping military conflicts lasting from 1792 until 1802 and resulting from the French Revolution. They pitted France against Britain, Austria, Pruss ...
and the
Napoleonic Wars.
* was a 74-gun ship of the line, built in 1815 and broken up in 1857.
* , launched in 1861, was an ironclad scrapped in 1935.
* , launched in 1907, was an armoured cruiser sunk at the
Battle of Jutland.
* ''Defence,'' a ''Minotaur''-class cruiser was launched in 1945 but work on her was suspended until 1954. In 1957 she was renamed .
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Royal Navy ship names