HMS Defiance was the last wooden line-of-battle ship launched for the Royal Navy.

However Defiance's lack of sea service means that there can be no certainty as to whether her design was an improvement on Atlas.

[8] Captain James de Courcy Hamilton was appointed in command on 1 November 1900.

She was sold on 26 June 1931 to Castle's Shipbreaking Yard for dismantling at Millbay, Plymouth.

Some of the timbers, including 6 oak pillars, the captain's fire surround, two cross members and some decking was used in the renovation of Furzehatt House in Plymstock that was owned and occupied by the Castle family (this account was relayed to me by Major Bunny Castle (retired) who came over from NZ on holiday to see his childhood home.