HMS Intrepid

Last updated May 02, 2024

Eight ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Intrepid:

HMS Intrepid (1747) was a 64-gun third rate, previously the French ship Sérieux. She was captured in 1747 and broken up by 1765.
HMS Intrepid (1770) was a 64-gun third rate launched in 1770, used for harbour service from 1810 and sold in 1828.
HMS Intrepid (1780) was a 16-gun sloop launched in 1780. She foundered in 1800.
HMS Intrepid (1850) was a wood-hulled screw discovery sloop, previously the civilian Free Trade, launched in 1847 by R & H Green at Blackwall.^[1] The Navy purchased her on 28 February 1850 and briefly named her HMS Perseverance; she became HMS Intrepid in March 1850. She was abandoned, icebound, in the Arctic on 15 June 1854.^[2]^[3]
HMS Intrepid (1855) was a wooden screw gunvessel launched in 1855 and sold in 1864.
HMS Intrepid (1891) was an Apollo-class protected cruiser launched in 1891. She was converted to a minelayer in 1910 and was sunk as a blockship in the Zeebrugge raid in 1918.
HMS Intrepid (D10) was an I-class destroyer launched in 1936 and sunk by air attack in 1943.
HMS Intrepid (L11) was a Fearless-class landing platform dock launched in 1964. She was laid up in 1991 and used for spare parts before being sent for scrapping in 2008.

Battle honours

The ships named HMS Intrepid have amassed a sizeable number of battle honours.

Citations

↑ Lloyd's Register (1849), Seq.№F36.
↑ Banbury, Philip (1971). Shipbuilders of the Thames and Medway. Newton Abbot: David & Charles. p. 184. ISBN 0-7153-4996-1.
↑ Lyon, David; Winfield, Rif (2004). The sail & steam Navy list: all the ships of the Royal Navy, 1815-1889. London: Chatham. p. 232. ISBN 1-86176-032-9.

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[1] Lloyd's Register (1849), Seq.№F36.

[2] Banbury, Philip (1971). Shipbuilders of the Thames and Medway. Newton Abbot: David & Charles. p. 184. ISBN 0-7153-4996-1.

[3] Lyon, David; Winfield, Rif (2004). The sail & steam Navy list: all the ships of the Royal Navy, 1815-1889. London: Chatham. p. 232. ISBN 1-86176-032-9.

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