HMS Dauntless

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Four ships and one Shore Establishment of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Dauntless:

• HMS Dauntless was an 18-gun sloop launched at Hull, England in November 1804. In 1807 she ran aground during a battle in the Vistula River and was forced to surrender to the French.
• HMS Dauntless was a 26-gun sloop launched in 1808 and sold for breaking in 1825.
• HMS Dauntless was a 31-gun frigate launched in 1847 and sold for breaking in 1885.
• HMS Dauntless (D45) was a Danae-class light cruiser launched in 1918. She was used as a training vessel from 1943 before being sold for breaking in 1946.
• HMS Dauntless was the WRNS Training Establishment at Burghfield, near Reading, Berkshire, from 1947 until 1981.

Currently in build:

• HMS Dauntless (D33) is a Type 45 destroyer launched on 23 January 2007 at the BAE Systems Govan shipyard in Glasgow, and due to be commissioned in 2010.

In popular culture:

• In the 2003 film Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl, the fictional HMS Dauntless appears as the flagship and pride of the Royal Navy.

[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.