English ship Defiance (1590)

For other ships with the same name, see HMS Defiance.

Defiance^{[Note 1]} was a 46-gun galleon of the English Tudor navy, launched in 1590.^[2]

Defiance
History
England
Name	Defiance
Launched	1590
Fate	Sold, 1650
General characteristics as built
Class & type	46-gun galleon
Armament	46 guns of various weights of shot
General characteristics after 1615 rebuild[1]
Class & type	40-gun great ship
Tons burthen	700
Length	97 ft (30 m) (keel)
Beam	37 ft (11 m)
Depth of hold	15 ft (4.6 m)
Sail plan	Full-rigged ship
Armament	40 guns of various weights of shot

Defiance took part in the return of Prince Charles from Spain on 5 October 1623, by Hendrick Cornelisz Vroom at the National Maritime Museum

She was rebuilt as a 40-gun great ship in 1615 by Phineas Pett I at Woolwich.^[1] Defiance was sold out of the navy in 1650.^[1]

The Return of the Fleet, by Cornelis Vroom in the Royal Collection

Notes

1. The 'HMS' prefix was not used until the middle of the 18th century, but is sometimes applied retrospectively