HMS Fearless

Seven ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS "Fearless":

*The first "Fearless" was a 12 gun vessel, launched in 1794 and wrecked in 1804 in Plymouth Sound.
*The second Fearless was a 12 gun "Gunbrig" which saw action at Copenhagen in 1807 before wrecked near Cadiz in 1812.
*The third "Fearless" was a wooden paddlewheel survey vessel, formerly the GPO's "Flamer" renamed in 1837 and used as packet service until broken up in 1875.
*The fourth "Fearless" was a torpedo cruiser launched in 1886, and sold off in 1905.

* The fifth "Fearless", launched in 1912 was an "Active" class scout cruiser. She served in World War I and was scrapped in 1921.

*The sixth "Fearless" was an F class destroyer built by Cammell Laird and launched in 1934. She was damaged by aircraft and scuttled in 1941.

*The seventh "Fearless", a "Fearless"-class amphibious warfare ship of the Cold War era launched in 1963, participated in the Falklands War in 1982 & the First Gulf War in 1990 and was paid-off in 2002.

* The fictional eighth HMS Fearless (2021) was a Helicopter Assault Ship in the Axis of Time books.Battle Honours

* Heligoland 1914
* Jutland 1916
* Norway 1940
* Atlantic 1941
* Malta Convoys 1941
* Mediterranean 1941
* Falkland Islands 1982