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Eight ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Intrepid:
- HMS Intrepid (1747) was a 64-gun third rate, previously the French ship Sérieux. She was captured in 1747 and broken up by 1765.
- HMS Intrepid (1770) was a 64-gun third rate launched in 1770, used for harbour service from 1810 and sold in 1828.
- HMS Intrepid (1780) was a 16-gun sloop launched in 1780. She foundered in 1800.
- HMS Intrepid (1850) was a wood-hulled screw discovery sloop, previously the civilian Free Trade, launched in 1847 by R & H Green at Blackwall.[1] The Navy purchased her on 28 February 1850 and briefly named her HMS Perseverance; she became HMS Intrepid in March 1850. She was abandoned, icebound, in the Arctic on 15 June 1854.[2][3]
- HMS Intrepid (1855) was a wooden screw gunvessel launched in 1855 and sold in 1864.
- HMS Intrepid (1891) was an Apollo-class protected cruiser launched in 1891. She was converted to a minelayer in 1910 and was sunk as a blockship in the Zeebrugge raid in 1918.
- HMS Intrepid (D10) was an I-class destroyer launched in 1936 and sunk by air attack in 1943.
- HMS Intrepid (L11) was a Fearless-class landing platform dock launched in 1964. She was laid up in 1991 and used for spare parts before being sent for scrapping in 2008.
Battle honours
[edit]The ships named HMS Intrepid have amassed a sizeable number of battle honours.
Citations
[edit]- ↑ Lloyd's Register (1849), Seq.№F36.
- ↑ Banbury, Philip (1971). Shipbuilders of the Thames and Medway. Newton Abbot: David & Charles. p. 184. ISBN 0-7153-4996-1.
- ↑ Lyon, David; Winfield, Rif (2004). The sail & steam Navy list: all the ships of the Royal Navy, 1815-1889. London: Chatham. p. 232. ISBN 1-86176-032-9.
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