- HMS Temeraire
Five ships and two
shore establishment s of theRoyal Navy have been called HMS "Temeraire":*HMS|Temeraire|1759|6 was a 74-gun
third rate ship of the line captured from the French in 1759 and sold in 1784.
*HMS|Temeraire|1798|6 was a 98-gunsecond-rate launched in 1798. She was used as aprison ship from 1813, areceiving ship from 1820 and was sold for breaking up in 1838.
*HMS|Temeraire|1876|6 was an iron-hulled screw-propelled ship launched in 1876. She became atraining ship and was renamed "Indus II" in 1904, "Akbar" in 1915, and was sold in 1921.
*HMS|Temeraire|1907|6 was a "Bellerophon" classbattleship launched in 1907 and sold in 1921.
*HMS "Temeraire" was to have been a "Lion" class battleship. She was laid down in 1939 but construction was suspended later that year, and she was cancelled in 1944.
*HMS "Temeraire" was the Upper Yardmen training establishment atPort Edgar ,South Queensferry ,Scotland between 1955 and 1960.
*HMS "Temeraire" is the Directorate of Naval Physical Training and Sport(DNPTS) in Portsmouth. It was established in 1910 and commissioned as HMS "Temeraire" in 1971.See also
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