- HMS Neptune
Nine ships and a naval base of the
Royal Navy have been named HMS "Neptune" after the Roman god of the ocean:* HMS "Neptune" was a 90-gun
second rate ship of the line launched in 1683. She was rebuilt in 1710 and 1730 before being renamed HMS "Torbay" in her new incarnation as athird rate in 1750. She was sold in 1784.
* HMS "Neptune" was a 90-gun second rate launched in 1757. She was hulked in 1784 and broken up in 1816.
* HMS "Neptune" was a 98-gun second rate launched in 1797. She fought at thebattle of Trafalgar and was broken up in 1818.
* HMS "Neptune" was to have been a 120-gunfirst rate . She was renamed HMS "Royal George" in 1822, before being launched in 1827. "Royal George" was sold in 1875.
* HMS "Neptune" was a 120-gun first rate launched in 1832. She was rebuilt as a 72-gunthird rate with screw propulsion in 1859 and was sold in 1875.
* HMS "Neptune" was a coastguard cutter built in 1863 and sold in 1905.
* HMS "Neptune" was previously "Independencia", an ironclad battleship launched in 1874 for theBrazilian Navy . She was acquired by the Royal Navy in 1878 and sold in 1903.
* HMS "Neptune" was an earlyDreadnought battleship launched in 1909 and scrapped in 1922.
* HMS "Neptune" was a "Leander"-classlight cruiser launched in 1933 and sunk in 1941.
* HMS "Neptune" was a projected cruiser in the 1945 Naval Estimates, but the plans were cancelled in March 1946 and she was never ordered.
* HMS "Neptune" is the name given to the shore establishment at HMNB Clyde.
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