HMS Fearless

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Seven ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Fearless:

• The first Fearless was a 12 gun vessel, launched in 1794 and wrecked in 1804 in Plymouth Sound.

• The second Fearless was a 12 gun "Gunbrig" which saw action at Copenhagen in 1807 before wrecked near Cadiz in 1812.

• The third Fearless was a wooden paddlewheel survey vessel, formerly the GPO's "Flamer" renamed in 1837 and used as packet service until broken up in 1875.

• The fourth Fearless was a torpedo cruiser launched in 1886, and sold off in 1905.

• The fifth Fearless, launched in 1912 was an Active class scout cruiser. She served in World War I and was scrapped in 1921.

• The sixth Fearless was an F class destroyer built by Cammell Laird and launched in 1934. She was damaged by aircraft and scuttled in 1941.

• The seventh Fearless, a Fearless-class amphibious warfare ship of the Cold War era launched in 1963, participated in the Falklands War in 1982 & the First Gulf War in 1990 and was paid-off in 2002.

• The fictional eighth HMS Fearless (2021) was a Helicopter Assault Ship in the Axis of Time books.

Battle Honours

• Heligoland 1914
• Jutland 1916
• Norway 1940
• Atlantic 1941
• Malta Convoys 1941
• Mediterranean 1941
• Falkland Islands 1982