HMS Venturer

Five ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS "Venturer".

*HMS "Venturer" was a 14-gun cutter purchased in 1787 and named HMS "Ranger". She was captured by the French in 1794, recaptured in 1797, then briefly retaken but finally recaptured. She was recommissioned as HMS "Venturer" and was sold in 1803.
*HMS|Venturer|1807|6 was a 10-gun schooner, previously the French ship "Nouvelle Enterprise". She was captured by HMS "Nimrod" in 1807. She was renamed HMS "Theodocia" in 1812 and sold in 1814.Ref_label|A|a|none
*HMS|Venturer|P68 was a V class submarine launched in 1943 and sold to the Norwegian Navy in 1946. She was renamed HNoMS "Utstein" and was scrapped in 1964.
*HMS "Venturer" has been a name allocated to three tenders of HMS "Flying Fox", the Bristol Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Division:
**Motor minesweeper "261" was HMS "Venturer" between 1948 and 1956
**HMS "Buttington" was HMS "Venturer" in 1962
**HMS "Hodgeston" was HMS "Venturer" between 1961 and 1975
*HMS|Venturer|1978|6 was a converted minesweeper launched in 1972 as the commercial trawler "Suffolk Harvester". She was converted and commissioned into the Severn RNVR in 1978 and was returned to her original owner in 1983. She was converted into an oil rig safety/standby vessel.

References

a. Note_label|A|a|none "British Warships in the Age of Sail, 1793-1817" by Rif Winfield has this as taken 17th December 1807, renamed "HMS Theodosia" upon registration on 19 December 1808 and sold 15 December 1814.
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* Rif Winfield, "British Warships in the Age of Sail, 1793-1817". (Chatham Publishing, 2005)