// Workers AI · dad joke modeWhat did HMS Orange say to its friend? Nothing, it just squeezed the conversation.
Three ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Orange, after the House of Orange-Nassau:
- HMS Orange (1665) was a 32-gun fifth rate captured from the Dutch Navy in 1665 and lost in 1671.
- HMS Orange (1672) was a 6-gun fireship captured in 1672 and burnt in an accident in 1673.
- HMS Orange (1809) was a 2-gun gunboat sold in 1811.
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[edit]- Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of All Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy from the 15th Century to the Present (3rd Rev ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8. OCLC 67375475.
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