HMS Defender (1797)
From SpottingWorld, the Hub for the SpottingWorld network...
 |
This article is an orphan, as few or no other articles link to it. Please introduce links to this page from related articles; suggestions are available. (February 2009) |
| 50x40px | This article includes a list of references, related reading or external links, but its sources remain unclear because it lacks inline citations. Please improve this article by introducing more precise citations where appropriate. (June 2009) |
| Career (United Kingdom) |  |
|---|---|
| Name: | HMS Defender |
| Builder: | Limehouse |
| Launched: | 1797 |
| Fate: | Disposed of in 1802 |
| General characteristics | |
| Propulsion: | Sails |
| Armament: |
Guns: |
The first HMS Defender was a 12-gun Gunboat built in 1797 at Limehouse and disposed of in 1802. She was fitted with a sliding keel and armed with ten 18-pounder carronades and two long 24-pounders. In 1799 her captain was Lieutenant S. P. Leavy RN, and she was based in Portsmouth.
References
- Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: the complete record of all fighting ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham. ISBN 9781861762818. OCLC 67375475.
- Age of Nelson website - Age of Nelson
| 40px | This article about a specific naval ship or boat of the United Kingdom is a stub. You can help Ship Spotting World by expanding it. |
Categories:
- Orphaned articles from February 2009
- Articles with invalid date parameter in template
- All orphaned articles
- Pages with broken file links
- Articles lacking in-text citations from June 2009
- All articles lacking in-text citations
- Ship infoboxes without an image
- Royal Navy gunboats
- 1790s ships
- United Kingdom naval ship stubs
