HMS Brilliant

HMS Brilliant

Eight ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS "Brilliant".

* HMS "Brilliant" was a sloop in service in 1729.
* HMS "Brilliant" was a 36-gun fifth-rate launched in 1757 and sold in 1776.
* HMS "Brilliant" was a 28-gun sixth-rate launched in 1779 and broken up in 1811.
* HMS "Brilliant" was the former name of HMS "Orontes", renamed in 1813 and broken up in 1817.
* HMS "Brilliant" was a 36-gun fifth-rate launched in 1814, renamed "Briton" in 1889 and sold in 1908. [ [http://www.ambaile.org.uk/en/item/item_photograph.jsp?item_id=1799 HMS Brilliant moored in Inverness Muirton basin around 1870s, two other pictures on Am Baile] ]
* HMS "Brilliant" was an "Apollo"-class light cruiser launched in 1891 and sunk in 1918 as a blockship at Ostend.
* HMS "Brilliant" (H84) was a B-class destroyer launched in 1930. She served in World War II and was sold in 1947.
* HMS "Brilliant" (F90) was a Type 22 frigate launched in 1978. She was severely damaged by the Argentinians during the Falklands War. She was sold to the Brazilian Navy in 1996 and renamed "Dodsworth"

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