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Eight ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Vengeance.

HMS Vengeance (1758) was a 28-gun sixth rate captured from the French in 1758 and sunk as a breakwater in 1766.
HMS Vengeance (1774) was a 74-gun third rate launched in 1774. She became a prison ship in 1808 and was broken up in 1816.
HMS Vengeance (1793) was a Dutch galliot, possibly the Lady Augusta, purchased in 1793 and sold in 1804.
HMS Vengeance (1800) was a 38-gun fifth rate captured from the French in 1800; accounts differ as to whether she was broken up in 1803 after grounding in 1801, or continued as a prison ship until 1814.
HMS Vengeance (1824) was an 84-gun second rate launched in 1824. She became a receiving ship in 1861 and was sold in 1897.
HMS Vengeance (1899) was a Canopus-class battleship launched in 1899 and sold in 1921.
HMS Vengeance (R71) was a Colossus-class aircraft carrier launched in 1944. She served with the Royal Australian Navy from 1952 to 1954, and was sold to Brazil in 1956 and renamed Minas Gerais.
HMS Vengeance (S31) is a Vanguard-class nuclear ballistic missile submarine launched in 1998 and in active service.

Other British military vessels named Vengeance

Vengeance was a gunboat that the garrison at Gibraltar launched in June 1782 during the Great Siege of Gibraltar. She was one of 12. Each was armed with an 18-pounder gun, and received a crew of 21 men drawn from Royal Navy vessels stationed at Gibraltar. Speedwell provided Vengeance's crew.^[1]

Battle honours

Five battle honours have been awarded to ships named HMS Vengeance.^[2]

Quiberon Bay 1759
Martinique 1794
St Lucia 1796
Crimea 1854
Dardanelles 1915

Citations

^ Drinkwater (1905), p.246.
^ Festberg, Alfred N. (1981). Heraldry in the Royal Australian Navy. Melbourne, VIC: Silverleaf Publishing. pp. 69–70. ISBN 9780949746009.

References

Drinkwater, John (1905) A History of the Siege of Gibraltar, 1779-1783: With a Description and Account of that Garrison from the Earliest Times. (J. Murray).

This article includes a list of ships with the same or similar names. If an internal link for a specific ship led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended ship article, if one exists.

[1] Drinkwater (1905), p.246.

[Festberg-2] Festberg, Alfred N. (1981). Heraldry in the Royal Australian Navy. Melbourne, VIC: Silverleaf Publishing. pp. 69–70. ISBN 9780949746009.

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 Eight ships of the [[Royal Navy]] have been named '''HMS ''Vengeance'''''.
+* {{HMS|Vengeance|1758}} was a 28-gun [[sixth rate]] captured from the French in 1758 and sunk as a [[breakwater (structure)|breakwater]] in 1766.
+* {{HMS|Vengeance|1774}} was a 74-gun [[third rate]] launched in 1774. She became a [[prison ship]] in 1808 and was broken up in 1816.
+* {{HMS|Vengeance|1793}} was a Dutch [[galliot]], possibly the ''Lady Augusta'', purchased in 1793 and sold in 1804.
+* {{HMS|Vengeance|1800}} was a 38-gun [[fifth rate]] captured from the French in 1800; accounts differ as to whether she was broken up in 1803 after grounding in 1801, or continued as a prison ship until 1814.
+* {{HMS|Vengeance|1824}} was an 84-gun [[second rate]] launched in 1824. She became a receiving ship in 1861 and was sold in 1897.
+* {{HMS|Vengeance|1899}} was a {{sclass|Canopus|battleship}} launched in 1899 and sold in 1921.
+* {{HMS|Vengeance|R71}} was a {{sclass|Colossus|aircraft carrier}} launched in 1944. She served with the [[Royal Australian Navy]] from 1952 to 1954, and was sold to Brazil in 1956 and renamed {{ship|Brazilian aircraft carrier|Minas Gerais||2}}.
+* {{HMS|Vengeance|S31}} is a {{sclass|Vanguard|submarine|0}} nuclear [[ballistic missile submarine]] launched in 1998 and {{Ship in active service}}.
+==Other British military vessels named ''Vengeance''==
-* {{HMS|Vengeance|1758|6}} was a 28-gun [[sixth rate]] captured from the French in 1758 and sunk as a [[breakwater (structure)|breakwater]] in 1766.
-* {{HMS|Vengeance|1774|6}} was a 74-gun [[third rate]] launched in 1774. She became a [[prison ship]] in 1808 and was broken up in 1816.
+* ''Vengeance'' was a gunboat that the garrison at Gibraltar launched in June 1782 during the [[Great Siege of Gibraltar]]. She was one of 12. Each was armed with an 18-pounder gun, and received a crew of 21 men drawn from Royal Navy vessels stationed at Gibraltar. {{HMS|Speedwell|1780|2}} provided ''Vengeance''{{'}}s crew.<ref>Drinkwater (1905), p.246.</ref>
-* {{HMS|Vengeance|1793|6}} was a Dutch [[Hoy (boat)|hoy]] purchased in 1793 and sold in 1804.
-* {{HMS|Vengeance|1800|6}} was a 38-gun [[fifth rate]] captured from the French in 1800; accounts differ as to whether she was broken up in 1803 after grounding in 1801, or continued as a prison ship until 1814.
-* {{HMS|Vengeance|1824|6}} was a 84-gun [[second rate]] launched in 1824. She became a receiving ship in 1861 and was sold in 1897.
-* {{HMS|Vengeance|1899|6}} was a [[Canopus class battleship|''Canopus''-class]] [[battleship]] launched in 1899 and sold in 1921.
-* {{HMS|Vengeance|R71|6}} was a [[Colossus class aircraft carrier|''Colossus''-class]] [[aircraft carrier]] launched in 1944. She served with the [[Royal Australian Navy]] from 1952 to 1954, and was sold to [[Brazil]] in 1956 and renamed [[NAeL Minas Gerais|''Minas Gerais'']].
-* {{HMS|Vengeance|S31|6}} is a [[Vanguard class submarine|''Vanguard''-class]] nuclear [[ballistic missile]] [[submarine]] launched in 1998 and {{Ship in active service}}.
 ==Battle honours==
-Five [[battle honour]]s have been awarded to ships named HMS ''Vengeance''.<ref name=Festberg>{{cite book |last=Festberg |first=Alfred N. |title=Heraldry in the Royal Australian Navy |publisher=Silverleaf Publishing |location=Melbourne, VIC |date=1981 |pages=69–70 |isbn=0-949746-00-2 |oclc=9780949746009}}</ref>
+Five [[battle honour]]s have been awarded to ships named HMS ''Vengeance''.<ref name=Festberg>{{cite book |last=Festberg |first=Alfred N. |title=Heraldry in the Royal Australian Navy |publisher=Silverleaf Publishing |location=Melbourne, VIC |year=1981 |pages=69–70 |isbn=9780949746009}}</ref>
 * [[Battle of Quiberon Bay|Quiberon Bay]] 1759
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 * [[Crimean War|Crimea]] 1854
 * [[Naval operations in the Dardanelles Campaign|Dardanelles]] 1915
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+* [[John Drinkwater Bethune|Drinkwater, John]] (1905) ''A History of the Siege of Gibraltar, 1779-1783: With a Description and Account of that Garrison from the Earliest Times''. (J. Murray).
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