HMS Adventure
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Eleven ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Adventure:
- The first Adventure was a 26-gun galley launched in 1594 and broken up 1645.
- The second Adventure was a 32-gun ship launched in 1646 and captured by the French in 1701.
- The third Adventure was a 40-gun fifth rate launched in 1709 and broken up in 1741.
- The fourth Adventure was a fourth rate launched in 1741, rebuilt as a 32-gun fifth rate in 1758, and sold in 1770.
- The fifth Adventure was a survey ship. Originally a collier named Marquis of Rockingham, she was purchased in 1771 and named Rayleigh, then renamed Adventure later that year. Commanded by Tobias Furneaux, she accompanied Resolution on James Cook's second voyage to the Pacific (1772–1775). Adventure Bay is named for her. She returned to cargo freighting after Cook's expedition, and was sunk in the Saint Lawrence River in 1811.
- The sixth Adventure was a 44-gun fifth rate launched in 1784 and broken up in 1816.
- The seventh Adventure was a 10-gun transport launched in 1809 as Aid. She was converted to a survey ship 1817 and renamed in 1821. In the late 1820s under the command of Philip Parker King she surveyed South America. She was sold in 1853.
- The eighth Adventure was an iron screw storeship, launched in 1855 as Resolute, renamed 1857 and broken up in 1877.
- A torpedo ram ordered in 1885 was named Adventure but cancelled before launch.
- The ninth Adventure was a river gunboat launched in 1891, transferred to British Central Africa in 1896 and sold in 1921.
- The tenth Adventure, launched in 1904, was a scout cruiser, the lead ship of her class.
- The eleventh Adventure, launched on 20 November 1922, was a minelayer, the only ship of her class. She was damaged by a naval mine early in World War II on 13 November 1939, but repaired and returned to service. She was sold on 10 July 1947.
[edit] References
- J. J. Colledge, Ships of the Royal Navy, Greenhill Books, 1987.
