HMS Defiance

Wrecked

Type	Ship of the line
Rate	Third rate
Guns	64
War	American War of Independence

64-gun ship, at Ushant in 1778. Wrecked at the mouth of the Savannah River in 1780.

Intrepid class (approved 1765) - Intrepid (1770); Monmouth (1772); Defiance (1772); Nonsuch (1774); Ruby (1776); Vigilant (1774); Eagle (1774); America (1777); Anson (1781); Polyphemus (1782); Magnanime (1780); Sampson (1781); Repulse (1780); Diadem (1782); Standard (1782). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing Photo: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

64 guns

Gundeck: 26 × 24 pdrs
Upper gundeck: 26 × 18 pdrs
Quarterdeck: 10 × 4 pdrs
Forecastle: 2 × 9 pdrs

Builder	Woolwich Dockyard
Laid down	20 October 1768
Launched	31 August 1772
Length	159 ft 6 in (48.62 m) (gundeck)

As built, from the ship's Wikipedia article. Figures there may cover later refits too.

Career

Launched

31 August 1772

First Battle of Ushant

Survived

27 July 1778

Fate

Wrecked

Wrecked, 1780