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HMS ''Defiance'' was a 64-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built by Phineas Pett II at Chatham Dockyard, and launched in 1675.〔 In the summer of 1678, ''Defiance'' was under the command of John Ernle.〔Thomas Baker, ''Piracy and diplomacy in seventeenth-century North Africa: the journal of Thomas Baker'', ed. C. R. Pennell (1989), pp. 84, 94, 99〕〔Henry Teonge, ''The Diary of Henry Teonge: Chaplain on Board HM's Ships Assistance, Bristol and Royal Oak 1675-1679'' (1927 edition) p. 252〕 She was rebuilt at Woolwich Dockyard in 1695, again as a 64-gun ship.〔 ''Defiance'' was part of a squadron under Vice-Admiral John Benbow in August 1702. In an action between Benbow's squadron and the squadron of the French Admiral Jean du Casse, ''Defiance'' under Captain Richard Kirkby was one of the ships that refused to engage. Along with , ''Defiance'' bore away from the French squadron after only two or three broadsides, and stood out of range. At his court-martial, Captain Kirkby was convicted of cowardice and sentenced to be shot.〔Ships of the Old Navy, ''Breda'' (1692)〕 In 1707 she was rebuilt for a second time, relaunching from Deptford Dockyard as a 66-gun third rate.〔 ''Defiance'' was reduced to a fourth rate in 1716. On 30 August 1739 command of her was given to Captain John Trevor.〔'Office of the Lord High Admiral to Captain John Trevor', 30 August 1739, ADM 7/781, The National Archives at Kew〕 She was hulked in 1743 and was broken up in 1749.〔〔Ships of the Old Navy, ''Defiance'' (1675)〕 ==Notes== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「HMS Defiance (1675)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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