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

HMS Vengeance was a 28-gun sixth rate captured from the French in 1758 and sunk as a breakwater in 1766.
HMS Vengeance was a 74-gun third rate launched in 1774. She became a prison ship in 1808 and was broken up in 1816.
HMS Vengeance was a Dutch hoy purchased in 1793 and sold in 1804.
HMS Vengeance 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 was a 84-gun second rate launched in 1824. She became a receiving ship in 1861 and was sold in 1897.
HMS Vengeance was a Canopus-class battleship launched in 1899 and sold in 1921.
HMS Vengeance 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 is a Vanguard-class nuclear ballistic missile submarine launched in 1998 and in service as of 2009.

Battle honours

Five battle honours have been awarded to ships named HMS Vengeance.^[1]

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

References

^ Festberg, Alfred N. (1981). Heraldry in the Royal Australian Navy. Melbourne, VIC: Silverleaf Publishing. pp. 69–70. ISBN 0949746002. OCLC 9780949746009. {{cite book}}: Check |oclc= value (help)

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.

[Festberg-1] Festberg, Alfred N. (1981). Heraldry in the Royal Australian Navy. Melbourne, VIC: Silverleaf Publishing. pp. 69–70. ISBN 0949746002. OCLC 9780949746009. {{cite book}}: Check |oclc= value (help)

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 Eight ships of the [[Royal Navy]] have been named '''HMS ''Vengeance'''''.
-* {{HMS|Vengeance|1758|6}} was a 28-gun [[sixth rate|Sixth Rate]] captured from the French in 1758 and sunk as a [[breakwater (structure)|breakwater]] in 1766.
+* {{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|Third Rate]] launched in 1774. She became a [[prison ship]] in 1808 and was broken up in 1816.
+* {{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.
 * {{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|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|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|Second Rate]] launched in 1824. She became a receiving ship in 1861 and was sold in 1897.
+* {{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'']].