HMS Imperieuse

HMS Imperieuse

Six ships and a training establishment of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS "Imperieuse".

*HMS "Imperieuse" was a 40-gun fifth rate captured from the French in 1793. She was renamed HMS "Unite" in 1803, was on harbour service from 1832, and was broken up in 1858.
*HMS "Imperieuse" was a 40-gun fifth rate captured from the Dutch in 1799. She was renamed HMS "Imperieuse" in 1801 and was broken up in 1805.
*HMS "Imperieuse" was a 38-gun fifth rate, previously the Spanish ship "Medea". She was captured in 1804 and became HMS "Iphigenia". She was taken into service as HMS "Iphigenia" and renamed HMS "Imperieuse" in 1805, placed on harbour service in 1818 and sold in 1838.
*HMS "Imperieuse" was a wooden screw frigate launched in 1852 and sold in 1867.
*HMS "Imperieuse" was an "Imperieuse" class armoured cruiser launched in 1883. She was converted into a depot ship in 1905 and renamed HMS "Sapphire II". The name was reverted to "Imperieuse" in 1909 and she was sold in 1913.
*HMS "Imperieuse" was the former ironclad battleship launched in 1869 as HMS "Audacious". She became HMS "Imperieuse" in 1914 whilst serving as a repair ship. She was sold in 1927.
*HMS "Imperieuse" was a stoker's training establishment set up in 1944 aboard the obsolete battleships HMS "Resolution" and HMS "Revenge". The establishment was paid off in 1948.


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