HMS Defiance (1861)

Defiance moored at Saltash
Class overview
Name	Defiance
Operators	Royal Navy
Preceded by	Renown class
Succeeded by	Bulwark class
Completed	1
History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Defiance
Ordered	17 June 1855
Builder	Pembroke Dock
Cost	£119,442
Laid down	20 September 1858
Launched	27 March 1861
Completed	1862
Fate	Sold, 26 June 1931
General characteristics (Lambert[1])
Type	Steam two-decker ship of the line
Displacement	5,700 long tons (5,791 t)
Tons burthen	3475 tons bm
Length	246 ft 9 in (75.21 m) o/a 220 ft (67 m) keel-line
Beam	55 ft 4 in (16.87 m)
Draught	24 ft 6 in (7.47 m) forward, 24 ft 6 in (7.47 m) aft
Propulsion	Maudslay engine, 800 nhp, 3,550 ihp (2,647 kW)
Sail plan	Main mast : 67 ft (20 m) × 40 in Fore mast : 61 ft (19 m) × 37 in Mizzen mast : 51 ft 6 in × 27 in
Speed	11.884 knots (13.676 mph; 22.009 km/h) under power (not masted or stored)
Complement	860
Armament	Gun Deck: 34 × 8 inch (204 mm) 65 cwt shell guns Main deck: 36 × 32-pounder/56 cwt Upper Deck: 20 × 32-pounder/45 cwt, 1 × 68-pounder 95 cwt gun

HMS Defiance was the last wooden line-of-battle ship launched for the Royal Navy. She never saw service as a wooden line-of-battle ship. In 1884 she became a school ship.