HMS Vengeance

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Eight ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Vengeance.

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Battle honours

Five battle honours have been awarded to ships named HMS Vengeance. [2]

Citations and references

Citations

  1. ↑ Drinkwater (1905), p.246.
  2. ↑ Festberg, Alfred N. (1981). Heraldry in the Royal Australian Navy. Melbourne, VIC: Silverleaf Publishing. pp. 69–70. ISBN   9780949746009.

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