HMS Revenge

HMS Revenge

Thirteen warships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS "Revenge":
* HMS "Revenge" was a 46-gun galleon launched in 1577. She fought the Spanish Armada in 1588, and was captured by a Spanish fleet 1591. She sank while being sailed back to Spain.
* HMS "Revenge" was a 42-gun ship, previously a merchantman, purchased in 1650 by the Royalists. Her crew deserted to the Parliamentarians in 1652, bringing the ship with them. She was renamed "Marmaduke", and was sunk in 1667 as a blockship.
* HMS "Revenge" was a 58-gun third rate launched in 1654 as "Newbury", during the Commonwealth. She was renamed "HMS Revenge" at the Restoration, and was condemned in 1678.
* HMS "Revenge" was 70-gun third rate launched in 1699, and renamed HMS "Buckingham" in 1711 before being hulked in 1727. She was subsequently sunk as a foundation in 1745.
*HMS "Revenge" was a 70-gun third rate ship of the line launched in 1673 as HMS "Swiftsure", and renamed HMS "Revenge" in 1716. She was rebuilt three times and was sold in 1787.
* HMS "Revenge" was a 28-gun sixth rate launched in 1755. She foundered in 1782.
* HMS "Revenge" was a 14-gun brig-sloop in service in 1778 and captured by the Americans in 1779.
* HMS "Revenge" was an 8-gun cutter purchased in 1796 and listed until 1798.
* HMS "Revenge" was a 74-gun third rate launched in 1805 and broken up in 1849.
* HMS "Revenge" was a 91-gun screw powered second rate launched in 1859. She was used as a base ship from 1872, became a training ship and was renamed "Empress" in 1891, and was sold for breaking up in 1923.
* HMS "Revenge" was a "Royal Sovereign"-class battleship launched in 1892. She was renamed HMS "Redoubtable" in 1915 and was broken up in 1919.
* HMS "Revenge" was a "Revenge" class battleship, laid down as HMS "Renown", but renamed in 1913, prior to her launch in 1915. She was on harbour service from 1945 and was scrapped in 1948.
* HMS "Revenge" was a "Resolution"-class submarine launched in 1968 and laid up in 1995.


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