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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 galleon of the English
''Defiance''The 'HMS' prefix was not used until the middle of the 18th century, but is sometimes applied retrospectively was a 46-gun galleon of the English Tudor navy
The Tudor navy was the navy of the Kingdom of England under the ruling Tudor dynasty (1485–1603). The period involved important and critical changes that led to the establishment of a permanent navy and laid the foundations for the future Ro ...
, launched in 1590.Lavery, Ships of the Line vol. 1, p. 14.
She was rebuilt as a 40-gun great ship in 1615 by Phineas Pett I Phineas () is a masculine given name. Notable people with the name include:
* Phineas, an Anglicized name for the priest Phinehas in the Hebrew Bible
* King Phineas, the first king of the Beta Israel in Ethiopia
* Phineas Banning (1830–1885), A ...
at Woolwich. ''Defiance'' was sold out of the navy in 1650.
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Citations Bibliography *Lavery, Brian (2003) ''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