HMS Defiance (1666)

HMS Defiance (1666)

HMS "Defiance" was a 64-gun third rate ship of the line of the English Royal Navy, ordered on 26 October 1664 under the new construction programme of that year, and launched on 27 March 1666 at William Castle's private shipyard at Deptford in the presence of King Charles II.Fact|date=August 2008

She was commissioned under Sir Robert Holmes and took part in the Four Days Battle on 1 June 16664 June 1666. Following the battle, Holmes was briefly replaced by Captain William Flawes, but a month later command was taken by Rear-Admiral Sir John Kempthorne. In September 1667 Holmes, now Commander-in-Chief at Portsmouth, was back in command, but later that year he gave way to Sir John Harman in the same role.Fact|date=August 2008 "Defiance" was accidentally destroyed by fire at Chatham on 6 December 1668.

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*Lavery, Brian (2003) "The Ship of the Line - Volume 1: The development of the battlefleet 1650-1850." Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-252-8.

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