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Name: DEFENCE
Type: Armoured Frigate
Keel: 14/12/1859
Launched: 24/04/1861
Completed: 05/09/1861
Builder: Palmer Brothers & Co
Yard: Jarrow
Yard Number: 92
Dimensions: 6070disp, 280.0 x 54.2 x 26.2(draft)ft
Engines: 2cyl, 2343ihp
Engines by: John Penn & Sons
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 10.5knots
Construction: Wood & Iron
Armament: 4 x 1 x 5ins, 8 x 1 x 7ins & 10 x 1 x 68pdr guns
History:
05/09/1861 British Royal Navy
1898 Renamed INDUS
16/08/1935 Broken up
Comments: Engines installed on the Tyne
05/09/1861: Sailed from the Tyne to Chatham to be completed
1868: Re-armed with 14 x 1 x 7ins & 2 x 1 x 8ins rifled muzzle loading guns
1890: Converted to floating workshop
1922: Converted to a hulk
16/08/1935: Arrived at Cattedown, Plymouth to be broken up


Above photo is courtesy of Photoship

Above photo is courtesy of Photoship

Durham County Advertiser, Friday, 26/04/1861

Newcastle Guardian, Saturday, 07/09/1861