HMS Intrepid
Eight ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Intrepid:
- HMS Intrepid (1747) was a 64-gun third rate, previously the French ship Sérieux. She was captured in 1747 and broken up by 1765.
- HMS Intrepid (1770) was a 64-gun third rate launched in 1770, used for harbour service from 1810 and sold in 1828.
- HMS Intrepid (1780) was a 16-gun sloop launched in 1780. She foundered in 1800.
- HMS Intrepid (1850) was a wooden screw discovery sloop, previously the civilian Free Trade, launched in 1847.[1] The Navy purchased her in 1850 and briefly named her HMS Perseverance; it renamed her HMS Intrepid later in 1850. she was abandoned in the Arctic in 1854.
- HMS Intrepid (1855) was a wooden screw gunvessel launched in 1855 and sold in 1864.
- HMS Intrepid (1891) was an Template:Sclass- protected cruiser launched in 1891. She was converted to a minelayer in 1910 and was sunk as a blockship in the Zeebrugge raid in 1918.
- HMS Intrepid (D10) was an Template:Sclass2- launched in 1936 and sunk by air attack in 1943.
- HMS Intrepid (L11) was a Template:Sclass- launched in 1964. She was laid up in 1991 and used for spare parts before being sent for scrapping in 2008.
Battle honours
The ships named HMS Intrepid have amassed a sizeable number of battle honours.
Citations
- ^ Lloyd's Register (1849}, Seq.№F36.
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