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Brig of the Royal Navy
History
United Kingdom
Name HMS Defender
Ordered 9 January 1804
Builder William Courtney,
Chester
Laid down March 1804
Launched 28 July 1804
Commissioned August 1804
Fate Wrecked 14 December 1809
General characteristics
Class and type Archer -class gun-brig
Tons burthen 179 tons
Length
80 ft 1+ 1 ⁄4 in (24.416 m) (gundeck)
65 ft 10+ 1 ⁄2 in (20.079 m) (keel)
Beam 22 ft 7+ 1 ⁄2 in (6.896 m)
Depth of hold 9 ft 5+ 1 ⁄2 in (2.883 m)
Sail plan
Brig
Complement 50
Armament 10 × 18-pounder carronades + 2
chase guns
HMS Defender was a 12-gun Archer -class
gun-brig built in
Chester in 1804 and employed in the
English Channel . On 14 December 1809, she was wrecked near
Folkestone .
References
Hepper, David J. (1994). British Warship Losses in the Age of Sail, 1650–1859 . Rotherfield: Jean Boudriot.
ISBN
0-948864-30-3 .
Winfield, Rif (2008). British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793–1817: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates . Seaforth Publishing.
ISBN
978-1-86176-246-7 .
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9 Jan:
HMS Morne Fortunee
11 Jan:
HMS Magnet
14 Jan:
Caroline
20 Jan:
HMS Claudia
22 Jan:
HMS Primrose
25 Jan:
Admiral Gardner ,
Britannia
January (unknown date):
HMS Constant ,
HMS Piercer
3 Feb:
Amphitrite
24 Feb:
Calypso ,
Cybèle ,
Italienne
26 Feb:
Jean Bart
February (unknown date):
Maria
14 Mar:
HMS Harrier
15 Mar:
Bengal ,
Calcutta ,
Jane, Duchess of Gordon ,
Lady Jane Dundas
16 Mar:
Argument
March (unknown date):
Harrington ,
Hazard
1 Apr:
Lord Melville
12 Apr:
Aquilon ,
Calcutta ,
HMS Mediator ,
Régulus ,
Tonnerre
13 Apr:
Ville de Varsovie
29 Apr:
HMS Alcmene
1 Jun:
Asia
16 Jun:
HMS Agamemnon
18 Jun:
HMS Sealark
June (unknown date):
Arran
July (unknown date):
Brunswick
3 Aug:
HMS Lark
27 Aug:
Bellona
31 Aug:
HMS Foxhound
August (unknown date):
HMS Dominica ,
HMS Pike
13 Sep:
Shah Ardaseer
22 Sep:
HMS Curieux
26 Oct:
Lion ,
Robuste
17 Nov:
HMS Patriot
7 Dec:
HM Hired armed ship Harlequin
14 Dec:
HMS Defender ,
HMS Junon
23 Dec:
HMS Salorman
28 Dec:
John
December (unknown date):
Boyd
Unknown date:
Pandour ,
True Briton
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