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Thirteen warships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Revenge:

  • {{ship|English ship|Revenge|1577}} was a 46-gun galleon launched in 1577. She fought the Spanish Armada in 1588, and was captured by a Spanish fleet in 1591. She sank while being sailed back to Spain.
  • {{ship|English ship|Revenge|1650}} was a 42-gun ship, previously a merchantman, purchased in 1650 by the Royalists. Her crew deserted to the Parliamentarians in 1652, bringing the ship with them. She was renamed Marmaduke, and was sunk in 1667 as a blockship.
  • {{HMS|Revenge|1654}} was a 58-gun third rate launched in 1654 as Newbury, during the Commonwealth. She was renamed Revenge at the Restoration, and was condemned in 1678.
  • {{HMS|Revenge|1699}} was 70-gun third rate launched in 1699, and renamed Buckingham in 1711 before being hulked in 1727. She was subsequently sunk as a foundation in 1745.
  • HMS Revenge was a 70-gun third rate ship of the line launched in 1673 as {{HMS|Swiftsure|1673|6}}, and renamed HMS Revenge in 1716. She was rebuilt three times and was sold in 1787.
  • {{HMS|Revenge|1741}} was a sloop commanded by Benjamin Norton for privateering in the British colonies.
  • {{HMS|Revenge|1755}} was a 28-gun sixth rate launched in 1755. She foundered in 1782.
  • {{HMS|Revenge|1778}} was a 14-gun brig-sloop in service in 1778 and captured by the Americans in 1779.
  • {{HMS|Revenge|1796}} was an 8-gun cutter purchased in 1796 and listed until 1798.
  • {{HMS|Revenge|1805}} was a 74-gun third rate launched in 1805 and broken up in 1849.
  • {{HMS|Revenge|1859}} was a 91-gun screw powered second rate launched in 1859. She was used as a base ship from 1872, became a training ship and was renamed Empress in 1891, and was sold for breaking up in 1923.
  • {{HMS|Revenge|1892}} was a {{sclass-|Royal Sovereign|battleship}} launched in 1892. She was renamed {{HMS|Redoubtable|1892|6}} in 1915 and was broken up in 1919.
  • {{HMS|Revenge|06}} was a {{sclass-|Revenge|battleship|2}}, laid down as HMS Renown, but renamed in 1913, prior to her launch in 1915. She was on harbour service from 1945 and was scrapped in 1948.
  • {{HMS|Revenge|S27}} was a {{sclass-|Resolution|submarine|2}} launched in 1968 and laid up in 1995.
Also
  • Revenge 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|Brilliant|1779|2}} provided Revenge{{'}}s crew.[1]

Citations and references

Citations
1. ^Drinkwater (1905), p.246.
References
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  • 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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