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HMS Defender (1809)
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| History | |
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&sq=&lang=en&file=File:Ensign_of_France.svg){kind=small} France | |
| Name | Bon Marcel |
| Commissioned | 1809[1] |
| Captured | 10 December 1809 |
&sq=&lang=en&file=File:Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg){kind=small} United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Defender |
| Acquired | 1809 by capture |
| Commissioned | January 1811 |
| Fate | Sold 1814 |
| General characteristics [2] | |
| Tons burthen | 13923⁄94 (bm) |
| Length |
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| Beam | 17 ft 2+1⁄2 in (5.2 m) |
| Depth of hold | 7 ft 4 in (2.2 m) |
| Propulsion | Sails |
| Sail plan | Lugger |
| Complement | 40 |
| Armament | 8 × 12-pounder carronades |
HMS Defender was the French privateer lugger Bon Marcel (Beau Marseilles in British records), that Royalist captured in 1809. Defender served without distinction in Home Waters for slightly more than three years before being sold in 1814.
- ^ Demerliac (2003), p. 247, No.1786.
- ^ Winfield (2008), p. 366.
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