Editing HMS Indefatigable

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Six ships of the [[Royal Navy]] have been named '''HMS ''Indefatigable''''':

* {{HMS|Indefatigable|1784}} was a 64-gun [[third-rate]] [[ship of the line]] launched in 1784, [[razee]]d 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 [[Horatio Hornblower|Hornblower]] series of novels.
* HMS ''Indefatigable'' was to have been a 50-gun [[fourth rate]]. She was ordered in 1832 but cancelled in 1834.
* {{HMS|Indefatigable|1848}} was a 50-gun [[fourth rate]] launched in 1848, loaned as a [[training ship]] after 1865 (see {{ship|TS|Indefatigable}}) and sold in 1914.
* {{HMS|Indefatigable|1891}} was an {{sclass|Apollo|cruiser|0}} [[cruiser|second class cruiser]] launched in 1891, renamed {{HMS|Melpomene}} in 1910, and sold in 1913.
* {{HMS|Indefatigable|1909}} was an {{sclass|Indefatigable|battlecruiser}}, launched in 1909 and sunk at the [[Battle of Jutland]] in 1916.
* {{HMS|Indefatigable|R10}} was an {{sclass|Implacable|aircraft carrier}}, launched in 1942 and scrapped in 1956.

== Battle honours ==
Ships named ''Indefatigable'' have earned the following [[Battle honour#Naval battle honours|battle honours]]:
*[[French frigate Virginie (1794)|''Virginie'']], 1796
*[[Action of 13 January 1797|''Droits de L'Homme'']], 1797
*[[Battle of the Basque Roads|Basque Roads]], 1809
*[[Battle of Jutland|Jutland]], 1916
*East Indies, 1945
*[[Operation Outflank|Palembang]], 1945
*[[Battle of Okinawa|Okinawa]], 1945
*[[Japan campaign|Japan]], 1945

==Other vessels==
* {{sclass|Indefatigable|battlecruiser|2}}
* {{ship||Indefatigable|1799}}, 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>{{London Gazette|issue=15935|page=861|date=8 July 1806}}</ref> 
* {{ship|TS|Indefatigable}}, British training ship

==See also==
* {{Wiktionary-inline|indefatigable}}
* [[Indefatigable (disambiguation)]]

==References==
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* Lyon, David (1993) ''Sailing Navy List: all the ships of the Royal Navy, built, purchased and captured, 1688-1860''. (Conway Maritime Press). {{ISBN|978-0-85177-617-0}}
* {{cite book |first=Rif|last=Winfield|title=British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793&ndash;1817: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates|publisher=Seaforth|year=2008|isbn=978-1-86176-246-7}}

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