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HMS Defender (1804)

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Name
  
HMS Defender

Laid down
  
March 1804

Construction started
  
March 1804

Ordered
  
9 January 1804

Commissioned
  
August 1804

Launched
  
28 July 1804

Builder
  
William Courtney, Chester

Fate
  
Wrecked 14 December 1809

The second 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.

Commanding officers

  • August 1804, Lieutenant George Hayes
  • November 1804, Lieutenant John George Nops
  • 1806, Lieutenant George Plowman
  • February 1809, Lieutenant Frederick William Burgoyne

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