Name | Defiance (1861) | Explanation |
Type | Second rate |
Type | Two-decker |
Launched | 27 March 1861 |
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Hull | Wooden |
Length | 255 feet |
Propulsion | Screw |
Men | 860 |
Builders measure | 3475 tons |
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Displacement | 5270 tons |
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Guns | 81 |
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Fate | 1931 |
Last in commission | - |
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Career |
Date | Event |
| Never fitted for sea. |
27 March 1861 | Launched at Pembroke Dockyard (last unarmoured wooden battleship launched). |
26 November 1884 | Torpedo and mining school, Devonport. |
(1890) | Tender: Scourge |
26 June 1931 | Sold to S. Castle for breaking up at Millbay, Plymouth. |