HMS Defence (1815)
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 United Kingdom
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| Name | HMS Defence |
| Ordered | 23 March 1809 |
| Builder | Chatham Dockyard |
| Laid down | May 1812 |
| Launched | 25 April 1815 |
| Fate | Burnt, 1857 |
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| Class and type | Vengeur-class ship of the line |
| Tons burthen | 1754 bm |
| Length | 176 ft (54 m) (gundeck) |
| Beam | 47 ft 6 in (14.48 m) |
| Depth of hold | 21 ft (6.4 m) |
| Propulsion | Sails |
| Sail plan | Full-rigged ship |
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HMS Defence was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 25 April 1815 at Chatham.
She was converted to serve as a prison ship in 1849. Defence was badly damaged by an accidental fire, probably caused by spontaneous combustion in a recently delivered load of coal, at Woolwich on 14 July 1857.</ref> The fire was extinguished by scuttling the ship. and while it was not totally destroyed the remains were broken up later.
