HMS Courageous or Courageux (the French spelling) may refer to one of several ships of the Royal Navy:
Ships named Courageous have earned the following battle honours:
Eight ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Bellona after Bellona, the goddess of war in Roman mythology:
Seven ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Cornwall after the Duchy of Cornwall. Cornwall's motto is onen hag oll , unus et omnes , one and all - English).
Six ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Colossus:
HMS Bellona was a 74-gun Bellona-class third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy. Designed by Sir Thomas Slade, she was a prototype for the iconic 74-gun ships of the latter part of the 18th century. "The design of the Bellona class was never repeated precisely, but Slade experimented slightly with the lines, and the Arrogant, Ramillies, Egmont, and Elizabeth classes were almost identical in size, layout, and structure, and had only slight variations in the shape of the underwater hull. The Culloden class ship of the line was also similar, but slightly larger. Thus over forty ships were near-sisters of the Bellona." Bellona was built at Chatham, starting on 10 May 1758, launched on 19 February 1760, and commissioned three days later. She was the second ship of the Royal Navy to bear the name, and saw service in the Seven Years' War, American Revolutionary War and the Napoleonic Wars.
Twelve ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Repulse:
Sixteen ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Mermaid after the mermaid:
Three ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Belleisle after Belle Île off the coast of Brittany:
Twelve ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Active or HMS Actif, with a thirteenth announced:
Nine ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Fame, whilst another was planned:
Five ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Blenheim, after the Battle of Blenheim in 1704. The name was chosen for a sixth ship, but was not used.
Nine ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Undaunted:
Ten ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Blanche:
Four ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Retribution:
During the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars Égyptienne, or Egypt, which commemorated Napoleon's Egyptian Campaign, was a popular name for French vessels, including naval vessels and privateers. Between 1799 and 1804, warships of the Royal Navy captured one French frigate and five different French privateers all with the name Egyptienne, and at least one privateer with the name Egypte.
Several French ships have borne the name Courageux, Courageaux, or Courageuse:
Twelve ships of the French Navy have borne the name Entreprenant and four Entreprenante, after the French word for "enterprising"
Three vessels of the French Navy have borne the name Hardi, the name being the French word for "daring":