HMS Vengeance
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Eight ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Vengeance.
- HMS Vengeance was a 28-gun sixth rate captured from the French in 1758 and sunk as a breakwater in 1766.
- HMS Vengeance was a 74-gun third rate launched in 1774. She became a prison ship in 1808 and was broken up in 1816.
- HMS Vengeance was a Dutch hoy purchased in 1793 and sold in 1804.
- HMS Vengeance was a 38-gun fifth rate captured from the French in 1800; accounts differ as to whether she was broken up in 1803 after grounding in 1801, or continued as a prison ship until 1814.
- HMS Vengeance was a 84-gun second rate launched in 1824. She became a receiving ship in 1861 and was sold in 1897.
- HMS Vengeance was a Canopus-class battleship launched in 1899 and sold in 1921.
- HMS Vengeance was a Colossus-class aircraft carrier launched in 1944. She served with the Royal Australian Navy from 1952 to 1954, and was sold to Brazil in 1956 and renamed Minas Gerais.
- HMS Vengeance is a Vanguard-class nuclear ballistic missile submarine launched in 1998 and in active service, as of 2012[update].
[edit] Battle honours
Five battle honours have been awarded to ships named HMS Vengeance.[1]
- Quiberon Bay 1759
- Martinique 1794
- St Lucia 1796
- Crimea 1854
- Dardanelles 1915
[edit] References
- ^ Festberg, Alfred N. (1981). Heraldry in the Royal Australian Navy. Melbourne, VIC: Silverleaf Publishing. pp. 69–70. ISBN 0949746002. OCLC 9780949746009.
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