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{{other ships|Defence (ship)}}
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|Ship name=''Defence''
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|Ship builder=[[Temple shipbuilders|Simon Temple]], South Shields
|Ship launched=1803,<ref name=RS1804/><ref>[http://www.tynebuiltships.co.uk/ShipsD.html Tyne Built Ships: ''Defence''.]</ref> or 1804{{sfnp|Hackman|2001|p=263}}
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'''''Defence''''' was launched in 1803 at [[South Shields]]. She spent much of her career as a London-based transport. In the 1820s she sailed between Scotland and North America, particularly to Canada. She was wrecked in March 1832.
==Career==
''Defence'' first appeared in the ''Register of Shipping'' (''RS'') in 1804 with Trotter, master, S. Temple, owner, and trade London coaster.<ref name=RS1804>[https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015021233567?urlappend=%3Bseq=158 ''RS'' (1804), "D" supple. pages.]</ref>
{| class="sortable wikitable"
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! Year
! Master
! Owner
! Trade
! Source & notes
|-
| 1805
| J.Downs
| Duncan
| London transport
| ''RS''
|-
| 1810
| Stuckfield
| T&R Brown
| London transport
| ''RS''
|-
| 1815
| Stuckfield<br />J. Carr
| T&R Brown
| Plymouth transport
| ''RS''
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| 1820
| Reynoldson
| T&R Brown
| London transport
| ''RS''; good repair 1815
|-
| 1825
| Rodgers
| T&R Brown
| Leith—[[Miramichi, New Brunswick]]
| ''RS''; good repair 1815
|-
| 1830
| Rodgers
| T&R Brown
| London–New York
| ''RS''; thorough repair 1827
|-
| 1832
| Kennear
| Duncannon
| Leith–Quebec
| ''RS''; thorough repair 1827
|-
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==Fate==
''Defense''  was sailing from [[Alloa]] to Quebec when she was totally wrecked on 31 March 1832 near the entrance of [[Longhope, Orkney]]. Her crew was saved.<ref>[http://tinyurl.galegroup.com/tinyurl/9GMRk9 "Ship News." Times, 12 April 1832, p. 3. The Times Digital Archive. Accessed 26 February 2019.]</ref> On 10 April 1832 ''[[Lloyd's List]]'' too reported that ''Defence'', Kinnear, master, had been totally wrecked near {{as written|Long Hope}}.
==Citations==
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==References==
* {{cite book |last=Hackman |first=Rowan |year=2001 |title=Ships of the East India Company |location=Gravesend, Kent |publisher=World Ship Society |isbn=0-905617-96-7 }}
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[[Category:1803 ships]]
[[Category:Ships built by Temple shipbuilders]]
[[Category:Age of Sail merchant ships of England]]
[[Category:Maritime incidents in March 1832]]