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[[Image:Im1890EnV69-p104a.jpg|thumb| 1890. At [[Portsmouth Dockyard]].]] | [[Image:Im1890EnV69-p104a.jpg|thumb| 1890. At [[Portsmouth Dockyard]].]] | ||
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Six ships and a training establishment of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Imperieuse: | |||
* HMS Imperieuse (1793) was a 40-gun fifth-rate captured from the French in 1793. She was renamed HMS Unite in 1803, was on harbour service from 1832, and was broken up in 1858. | |||
* HMS Amphitrite (1799) was a 40-gun fifth rate that the Dutch launched on 30 October 1797 and the British captured in 1799. The Royal Navy renamed her Imperieuse in 1801; she was broken up in 1805. | |||
* HMS Imperieuse (1805) was a 38-gun fifth-rate, previously the Spanish ship Medea (1797). She was captured in 1804 and taken into service as * * HMS Iphigenia but renamed Imperieuse in 1805, placed on harbour service in 1818, and sold in 1838. | |||
* HMS Imperieuse (1852) was a wooden screw frigate launched in 1852 and sold in 1867. | |||
* HMS Imperieuse (1883) was an Imperieuse-class armoured cruiser launched in 1883. She was converted into a depot ship in 1905 and renamed HMS Sapphire II. The name reverted to Imperieuse in 1909 and she was sold in 1913. | |||
* HMS Imperieuse was the former ironclad battleship launched in 1869 as HMS Audacious. She became HMS Imperieuse in 1914 whilst serving as a repair ship. She was sold in 1927. | |||
* HMS Imperieuse (training establishment) was a stoker's training establishment set up in 1944 aboard the obsolete battleships HMS Resolution and HMS Revenge. The establishment was paid off in 1948. | |||
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* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Imperieuse Wikipedia] | |||
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Revision as of 08:44, 12 October 2023
Six ships and a training establishment of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Imperieuse:
- HMS Imperieuse (1793) was a 40-gun fifth-rate captured from the French in 1793. She was renamed HMS Unite in 1803, was on harbour service from 1832, and was broken up in 1858.
- HMS Amphitrite (1799) was a 40-gun fifth rate that the Dutch launched on 30 October 1797 and the British captured in 1799. The Royal Navy renamed her Imperieuse in 1801; she was broken up in 1805.
- HMS Imperieuse (1805) was a 38-gun fifth-rate, previously the Spanish ship Medea (1797). She was captured in 1804 and taken into service as * * HMS Iphigenia but renamed Imperieuse in 1805, placed on harbour service in 1818, and sold in 1838.
- HMS Imperieuse (1852) was a wooden screw frigate launched in 1852 and sold in 1867.
- HMS Imperieuse (1883) was an Imperieuse-class armoured cruiser launched in 1883. She was converted into a depot ship in 1905 and renamed HMS Sapphire II. The name reverted to Imperieuse in 1909 and she was sold in 1913.
- HMS Imperieuse was the former ironclad battleship launched in 1869 as HMS Audacious. She became HMS Imperieuse in 1914 whilst serving as a repair ship. She was sold in 1927.
- HMS Imperieuse (training establishment) was a stoker's training establishment set up in 1944 aboard the obsolete battleships HMS Resolution and HMS Revenge. The establishment was paid off in 1948.
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