HMS Indefatigable
Six ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Indefatigable:
- Template:HMS was a 64-gun third-rate ship of the line launched in 1784, razeed to a 44-gun frigate in 1795 and broken up in 1816. This was the ship popularised by C. S. Forester in the early volumes of his Hornblower series of novels.
- HMS Indefatigable was to have been a 50-gun fourth rate. She was ordered in 1832 but cancelled in 1834.
- Template:HMS was a 50-gun fourth rate launched in 1848, loaned as a training ship after 1865 (see Template:Ship) and sold in 1914.
- Template:HMS was an Template:Sclass second class cruiser launched in 1891, renamed Template:HMS in 1910, and sold in 1913.
- Template:HMS was an Template:Sclass, launched in 1909 and sunk at the Battle of Jutland in 1916.
- Template:HMS was an Template:Sclass, launched in 1942 and scrapped in 1956.
Battle honoursEdit
Ships named Indefatigable have earned the following battle honours:
- Virginie, 1796
- Droits de L'Homme, 1797
- Basque Roads, 1809
- Jutland, 1916
- East Indies, 1945
- Palembang, 1945
- Okinawa, 1945
- Japan, 1945
Other vesselsEdit
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- Template:Ship, a merchant ship launched in 1799 for trade to the West Indies. In 1804 she served as an armed defense ship and recaptured Melcombe on 21 June 1804.<ref>Template:London Gazette</ref>
- Template:Ship, British training ship
See alsoEdit
ReferencesEdit
- Lyon, David (1993) Sailing Navy List: all the ships of the Royal Navy, built, purchased and captured, 1688-1860. (Conway Maritime Press). Template:ISBN
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