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DEFIANCE (64) 3rd rate Built in 1675, Chatham.
Rebuilt 1695 at Woolwich.
4th rate in 1716.
Hulk in 1743.
Broken up in 1749.
  • 1702 Capt. Philip BOYS (or BOYCE), 20th. February. The following year he removed to NONSUCH.
  • 1720 Capt. Charles HARDY, one of the fleet sent to the Baltic under Sir John NORRIS.
  • 1721 Capt. Arthur FIELD. With Sir John NORRIS. In 1723 he was made captain of SUPERBE.
  • 1735 Capt. John TREVOR. With the fleet sent to Lisbon under Sir John NORRIS. In 1740 he was sent to the West Indies as convoy to a large fleet of merchant ships and took part in Ad. VERNON's expedition against Carthagena, later he was employed as a cruiser off Cuba where he captured a Spanish packet with a large quantity of specie on board.

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