Editing HMS Captain

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Seven ships of the [[Royal Navy]] have been named '''HMS ''Captain''''':

* {{HMS|Captain|1678}} was a 70-gun [[third rate]] launched in 1678. She was rebuilt in 1708 and again in 1722, and converted to a hulk in 1739, finally being broken up in 1762.
* {{HMS|Captain|1743}} was a 70-gun third rate launched in 1743. She was reduced to 64 guns in 1760, and converted to a storeship and renamed HMS ''Buffalo'' in 1777.  She was broken up in 1783.
* {{HMS|Captain|1787}} was a 74-gun third rate launched in 1787. She was assigned to harbour service in 1809 and seriously damaged by an accidental fire in 1813 and broken up a few months later.
* [[HMS Carnatic (1783)|HMS ''Captain'']] was a 72-gun third rate launched in 1783 as {{HMS|Carnatic|1783|6}}. She was renamed HMS ''Captain'' in 1815 and was broken up in 1825.
* [[HMS Royal Sovereign (1786)|HMS ''Captain'']] was a 100-gun [[first rate]] launched in 1786 as {{HMS|Royal Sovereign|1786|6}}. She was renamed HMS ''Captain'' when she was reduced to harbour service in 1825. She was broken up in 1841.
* [[HMS Agincourt (1865)|HMS ''Captain'']] was to have been an iron screw ship, but the name was changed and she was launched as {{HMS|Agincourt|1865|6}} in 1865.
* {{HMS|Captain|1869}} was a masted [[turret ship]] launched in 1869. She foundered in a gale in 1870 off [[Cape Finisterre]].

==References==
*{{Cite Colledge2006}}

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