HMS Brilliant

HMS Brilliant was the name of seven ships in the Royal Navy :

• HMS Brilliant (1729) was a sloop that entered service in 1729.
• HMS Brilliant (1757) was a 36-gun 5th class ship launched in 1757 and sold in 1776.
• HMS Brilliant (1779) , a 28-gun 6th class ship, was launched in 1779 and scrapped in 1811.
• HMS Brilliant (1814) , a 36-gun 5th class ship launched in 1814, renamed Briton in 1889 and sold in 1908.
• HMS Brilliant (1891) was a 1891 overflowed from the deck light cruiser of the Apollo class , the 1918 block ship at Ostend was sunk.
• HMS Brilliant (H84) , a B-class destroyer , was sold in service in 1930 and 1947.
• HMS Brilliant (F90) , a frigate of Broadsword-class , entered service in 1978 and sold in 1996 to Brazil, where they in Dodsworth has been renamed.