HMS Revenge

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Thirteen warships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Revenge:

English ship Revenge (1577) was a 46-gun galleon launched in 1577. She fought the Spanish Armada in 1588, and was captured by a Spanish fleet in 1591. She sank while being sailed back to Spain.
English ship Revenge (1650) was a 42-gun ship, previously a merchantman, purchased in 1650 by the Royalists. Her crew deserted to the Parliamentarians in 1652, bringing the ship with them. She was renamed Marmaduke, and was sunk in 1667 as a blockship.
HMS Revenge (1654) was a 58-gun third rate launched in 1654 as Newbury, during the Commonwealth. She was renamed Revenge at the Restoration, and was condemned in 1678.
HMS Revenge (1699) was 70-gun third rate launched in 1699, and renamed Buckingham in 1711 before being hulked in 1727. She was subsequently sunk as a foundation in 1745.
HMS Revenge was a 70-gun third rate ship of the line launched in 1673 as HMS Swiftsure, and renamed HMS Revenge in 1716. She was rebuilt three times and was sold in 1787.
HMS Revenge (1741) was a sloop commanded by Benjamin Norton for privateering in the British colonies.
HMS Revenge (1778) was a 14-gun brig-sloop in service in 1778 and captured by the Americans in 1779.
HMS Revenge (1796) was an 8-gun cutter purchased in 1796 and listed until 1798.
HMS Revenge (1805) was a 74-gun third rate launched in 1805 and broken up in 1849.
HMS Revenge (1859) was a 91-gun screw powered second rate launched in 1859. She was used as a base ship from 1872, became a training ship and was renamed Empress in 1891, and was sold for breaking up in 1923.
HMS Revenge (1892) was a Royal Sovereign-class battleship launched in 1892. She was renamed HMS Redoubtable in 1915 and was broken up in 1919.
HMS Revenge (06) was a Revenge-class battleship, laid down as HMS Renown, but renamed in 1913, prior to her launch in 1915. She was on harbour service from 1945 and was scrapped in 1948.
HMS Revenge (S27) was a Resolution-class submarine launched in 1968 and laid up in 1995.

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HCS Revenge (1755) was a 16,^[1] or 28-gun ship that the Bombay Dockyard launched in 1755 for the Bombay Marine, the naval arm of the British East India Company. Revenge foundered in 1782 off Bombay in a storm.^[1]^[2]
Revenge was a gunboat that the garrison at Gibraltar launched in June 1782 during the Great Siege of Gibraltar. She was one of 12. Each was armed with an 18-pounder gun, and received a crew of 21 men drawn from Royal Navy vessels stationed at Gibraltar. Brilliant provided Revenge's crew.^[3]

Battle honours

Ships named Revenge have earned the following battle honours:

Armada, 1588
Azores, 1591
Lowestoft, 1665
Four Days' Battle, 1666
Orfordness, 1666
Bugia, 1671
Schooneveld, 1673
Marbella, 1705
Orphee, 1758
Quiberon Bay, 1759
Trafalgar, 1805
Basque Roads, 1809
Belgian Coast, 1914−15
Jutland, 1916
Atlantic, 1939−41
English Channel, 1940

Citations and references

Citations

1 2 Wadia (1986), p. 331.
↑ Hackman (2001), p. 339.
↑ Drinkwater (1905), p.246.

References

Drinkwater, John (1905) A History of the Siege of Gibraltar, 1779-1783: With a Description and Account of that Garrison from the Earliest Times. (J. Murray).
Hackman, Rowan (2001). Ships of the East India Company. Gravesend, Kent: World Ship Society. ISBN 0-905617-96-7.
Wadia, R. A. (1986) [1957]. The Bombay Dockyard and the Wadia Master Builders. Bombay.

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[FOOTNOTEWadia1986331-1] 1 2 Wadia (1986), p. 331.

[FOOTNOTEHackman2001339-2] Hackman (2001), p. 339.

[3] Drinkwater (1905), p.246.

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