HMS Orange
Three ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Orange, after the House of Orange-Nassau:
- HMS Orange (1665) was a 32-gun fifth rate captured from the Dutch Navy in 1665 and lost in 1671.
- HMS Orange (1672) was a 6-gun fireship captured in 1672 and burnt in an accident in 1673.
- HMS Orange (1809) was a 2-gun gunboat sold in 1811.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.
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