HMS Courageous

Several ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS "Courageous" or "Courageux" (the French spelling).

* The first "Courageux" was a 74-gun ship of the line captured from the French on 13 Aug 1761, and wrecked on the coast of Morocco 19 Dec 1796.

* The second "Courageux" or "Courageuse", was a 32-gun sailing frigate captured from the French in June 1799. She was renamed 'Lutine' in Nov 1799 and used as a prison ship at Gibraltar. Sold in April 1802.

* The third "Courageux" was a 74-gun 3rd rate launched in 1800, laid up in 1814, and later in use as a lazeretto. Broken up 1832.

* The fourth "Courageous" was originally a 1st class cruiser, converted to an aircraft carrier in 1924; sunk by U-29 in Sept. 1939.

* The fifth "Courageous" was a submarine in service from 1971 to 1993, and presently on display at Plymouth.