HMS Adventure

Twelve ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS "Adventure". A thirteenth was planned but never completed:

* was a 26-gun galley launched in 1594 and broken up 1645.
* was a 32-gun ship launched in 1646, rebuilt in 1691 and captured by the French in 1709.
* was a 40-gun fifth rate launched in 1709 and broken up in 1741.
* was a fourth rate ship of the line launched in 1741, rebuilt as a 32-gun fifth rate in 1758, and sold in 1770.
* was a 12-gun cutter purchased in 1763 and sold in 1768.
* was a survey ship, originally a collier named "Marquis of Rockingham". She was purchased in 1771 and renamed "Rayleigh", then renamed "Adventure" later that year. She accompanied HMS|Resolution|1771|6 on James Cook's second voyage to the Pacific (1772–1775). She returned to cargo freighting after Cook's expedition, and was sunk in the Saint Lawrence River in 1811.
* was a 44-gun fifth rate launched in 1784 and broken up in 1816.
* HMS "Adventure" was a 10-gun transport launched in 1809 as HMS|Aid|1809|6. She was converted to a survey ship in 1817 and renamed in 1821. She was sold in 1853.
* HMS "Adventure" was an iron screw storeship, launched in 1855 as HMS|Resolute|1855|6. She was renamed HMS "Adventure" in 1857 and was broken up in 1877.
* HMS "Adventure" was to have been a torpedo ram. She was ordered in 1885 but was cancelled before her launch.
* was a river gunboat launched in 1891, transferred to British Central Africa in 1896 and sold in 1921.
* was an "Adventure" class scout cruiser launched in 1904 and sold in 1920.
* HMS "Adventure" was a minelayer launched in 1924. She was used as a repair ship from 1944 and was sold in 1947.

ee also

*HMS|Adventure Galley
*HMS|Adventure Prize

References

*Colledge