HMS Defender (1804) - Misplaced Pages

Brig of the Royal Navy For other ships with the same name, see HMS Defender.

History

United Kingdom
Name	HMS Defender
Ordered	9 January 1804
Builder	William Courtney, Chester
Laid down	March 1804
Launched	28 July 1804
Commissioned	August 1804
Fate	Wrecked 14 December 1809
General characteristics
Class and type	Archer-class gun-brig
Tons burthen	179 tons
Length	80 ft 1+1⁄4 in (24.416 m) (gundeck) 65 ft 10+1⁄2 in (20.079 m) (keel)
Beam	22 ft 7+1⁄2 in (6.896 m)
Depth of hold	9 ft 5+1⁄2 in (2.883 m)
Sail plan	Brig
Complement	50
Armament	10 × 18-pounder carronades + 2 chase guns

HMS Defender was a 12-gun Archer-class gun-brig built in Chester in 1804 and employed in the English Channel. On 14 December 1809, she was wrecked near Folkestone.

References

Hepper, David J. (1994). British Warship Losses in the Age of Sail, 1650–1859. Rotherfield: Jean Boudriot. ISBN 0-948864-30-3.
Winfield, Rif (2008). British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793–1817: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-246-7.

v t e Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in 1809
Shipwrecks	5 Jan: HMS Pigeon 9 Jan: HMS Morne Fortunee 11 Jan: HMS Magnet 14 Jan: Caroline 20 Jan: HMS Claudia 22 Jan: HMS Primrose 25 Jan: Admiral Gardner, Britannia January (unknown date): HMS Constant, HMS Piercer 3 Feb: Amphitrite 24 Feb: Calypso, Cybèle, Italienne 26 Feb: Jean Bart February (unknown date): Maria 14 Mar: HMS Harrier 15 Mar: Bengal, Calcutta, Jane, Duchess of Gordon, Lady Jane Dundas 16 Mar: Argument March (unknown date): Harrington, Hazard 1 Apr: Lord Melville 12 Apr: Aquilon, Calcutta, HMS Mediator, Régulus, Tonnerre 13 Apr: Ville de Varsovie 29 Apr: HMS Alcmene 1 Jun: Asia 16 Jun: HMS Agamemnon 18 Jun: HMS Sealark June (unknown date): Arran July (unknown date): Brunswick 3 Aug: HMS Lark 27 Aug: Bellona 31 Aug: HMS Foxhound August (unknown date): HMS Dominica, HMS Pike 13 Sep: Shah Ardaseer 22 Sep: HMS Curieux 26 Oct: Lion, Robuste 17 Nov: HMS Patriot 7 Dec: HM Hired armed ship Harlequin 14 Dec: HMS Defender, HMS Junon 23 Dec: HMS Salorman 28 Dec: John December (unknown date): Boyd Unknown date: Pandour, True Briton
Other incidents	23 Nov: Princess of Wales December (unknown date): Boyd massacre Unknown date: Loyalist
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