HMS Orange

HMS Orange

Two ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS "Orange", after the House of Orange-Nassau:

*HMS "Orange" was a 32-gun fifth rate captured from the Dutch Navy in 1665 and lost in 1671.
*HMS "Orange" was a 6-gun fireship captured in 1672 and burnt in an accident in 1673.

ee also

*HMS "Orange Tree"
*HMS "Orangeville"

References

*Colledge


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