HMS Repulse

The British Royal Navy owned a total of twelve ships named Repulse or HMS Repulse

• The first Repulse was a 50-gun galleon , also known as the Due Repulse , launched in 1595 and kept on the lists until 1645.
• The second Repulse was a 32- gun - frigate , originally the French sailing ship Bellone canceled captured in 1759 and the 1776th
• The third Repulse was a 10-gun cutter , acquired in 1779 and on the lists until 1781.
• The fourth HMS Repulse was a 64-gun ship of the line, launched in 1780 and demolished in 1800.
• The fifth HMS Repulse was a 12-gun cutter, acquired in 1780 and canceled in 1782.
• The sixth HMS Repulse was a 4-gun ship that was purchased in 1794 and abandoned a year later.
• The seventh HMS Repulse was a 74-gun ship of the line, launched in 1803 and demolished in 1820.
• The eighth HMS Repulse was a screw-driven frigate equipped with a steam engine from 1855, from 1873 residential ship for newly recruited sailors , sold in 1899.
• The ninth HMS Repulse was a steam-powered armored ship , launched in 1868 and sold in 1889.
• The tenth HMS Repulse was a steam powered battleship that was launched in 1892 and sold in 1911.
• The eleventh HMS Repulse was a battlecruiser of the Renown class , found in 1916 in service and one on 10 December 1941 Japanese air raid against Malaysia sunk.
• The latest HMS Repulse was a submarine of the Resolution class , put into service in 1967 and 1997 launched.

Note: HMS - sometimes also written with punctuation marks as HMS - is an acronym or abbreviation for His Majesty's Ship or Her Majesty's Ship and has been the official name prefix since 1789 , which is used by all warships in the service of the British Navy lead.

literature

• JJ Colledge, Ben Warlow: Ships of the Royal Navy, The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy from the 15th Century to the Present . Chatham Publishing, London 2006, ISBN 1-86176-281-X , pp. 291-292 .