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Six ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Indefatigable:

  • was a 64-gun third-rate ship of the line launched in 1784, razeed to a 44-gun frigate in 1795 and broken up in 1816. This was the ship popularised by C. S. Forester in the early volumes of his Hornblower series of novels.
  • HMS Indefatigable was to have been a 50-gun fourth rate. She was ordered in 1832 but cancelled in 1834.
  • was a 50-gun fourth rate launched in 1848, loaned as a training ship after 1865 (see ) and sold in 1914.
  • was an second class cruiser launched in 1891, renamed in 1910, and sold in 1913.
  • was an , launched in 1909 and sunk at the Battle of Jutland in 1916.
  • was an , launched in 1942 and scrapped in 1956.

Battle honours

Ships named Indefatigable have earned the following battle honours:

  • Virginie, 1796
  • Droits de L'Homme, 1797
  • Basque Roads, 1809
  • Jutland, 1916
  • East Indies, 1945
  • Palembang, 1945
  • Okinawa, 1945
  • Japan, 1945

Other vessels

  • , a merchant ship launched in 1799 for trade to the West Indies. In 1804 she served as an armed defense ship and recaptured Melcombe on 21 June 1804.
  • , British training ship

See also

  • Indefatigable (disambiguation)

References

  • Lyon, David (1993) Sailing Navy List: all the ships of the Royal Navy, built, purchased and captured, 1688-1860. (Conway Maritime Press).