Defiance

Official Number none

The Defiance was a brig built by John Scott at Whitehaven, launched on the 19th December 1823.

On passage from Bermuda to Liverpool with a cargo of mahogany, the Defiance was wrecked near Ulverston, Morecambe Bay, after grounding and then capsizing, on the 3rd February 1836. The crew of twelve, including Capt. Kirk, were rescued.
 

Sources :

1. "Shipbuilding in Whitehaven - A Checklist" by Harry Fancy, Whitehaven Museum (1984)
2. Wreck info from "Shipwreck Index of the British Isles" Vol. 5 by Richard & Bridget Larn, pub. Lloyds Register, 2000, ISBN 1 900839 61 X (citing information from Lloyds List, Friday, 5th Feb.1836, naming port of departure as St.Domingo, and the owners as Whiteside & Co. of Whitehaven.).