HMS Adventure

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Several ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Adventure:

• HMS Adventure, a 26-gun galley launched in 1594 and broken up 1645.
• HMS Adventure, a 32-gun ship launched in 1646, rebuilt in 1691 and captured by the French in 1709.
• HMS Adventure, a 40-gun fifth rate launched in 1709 and broken up in 1741.
• HMS Adventure, a fourth rate ship of the line launched in 1741, rebuilt as a 32-gun fifth rate in 1758, and sold in 1770.
• HMS Adventure, a survey ship, originally a collier named Marquis of Rockingham. Purchased in 1771 and renamed Rayleigh, then renamed Adventure later that year. She accompanied Resolution on James Cook's second voyage to the Pacific (1772–1775). She returned to cargo freighting after Cook's expedition, and was sunk in the Saint Lawrence River in 1811.
• HMS Adventure, a 44-gun fifth rate launched in 1784 and broken up in 1816.
• HMS Adventure, a 10-gun transport launched in 1809 as Aid. She was converted to a survey ship in 1817 and renamed in 1821. She was sold in 1853.
• HMS Adventure, an iron screw storeship, launched in 1855 as Resolute, renamed 1857 and broken up in 1877.
• A torpedo ram ordered in 1885 was named Adventure but cancelled before launch.
• HMS Adventure, a river gunboat launched in 1891, transferred to British Central Africa in 1896 and sold in 1921.
• HMS Adventure, a scout cruiser launched in 1904, the lead ship of her class.
• HMS Adventure, a minelayer launched on 20 November 1922, the only ship of her class. She was damaged by a naval mine early in World War II on 13 November 1939, but repaired and returned to service. She was sold on 10 July 1947.

[edit] References

• Colledge, J. J. and Warlow, Ben (2006). Ships of the Royal Navy: the complete record of all fighting ships of the Royal Navy, Rev. ed., London: Chatham. ISBN 9781861762818. OCLC 67375475.