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HMS Defiance (1590)
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DefianceThe 'HMS' prefix was not used until the middle of the 18th century, but is sometimes applied retrospectively was a 46-gun galleon
Galleon
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of the English
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, launched in 1590.
She was rebuilt as a 40-gun great ship in 1615 by Phineas Pett I at Woolwich
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. Defiance was sold out of the navy in 1650.