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Nine ships and a naval base of the [[Royal Navy]] have been named '''HMS ''Neptune''''' after the Roman [[Neptune (god)|god of the ocean]]: | Nine ships and a naval base of the [[Royal Navy]] have been named '''HMS ''Neptune''''' after the Roman [[Neptune (god)|god of the ocean]]: | ||
* {{HMS|Neptune|1683}} was a 90-gun [[second rate]] launched in 1683. She was rebuilt in 1710 and 1730 before being renamed HMS ''Torbay'' in her new incarnation as a [[third rate]] in 1750. She was sold in 1784. | * {{HMS|Neptune|1683}} was a 90-gun [[second rate]] launched in 1683. She was rebuilt in 1710 and 1730 before being renamed HMS ''Torbay'' in her new incarnation as a [[third rate]] in 1750. She was sold in 1784. | ||
Latest revision as of 19:21, 28 June 2025
Template:Use dmy dates Nine ships and a naval base of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Neptune after the Roman god of the ocean:
- Template:HMS was a 90-gun second rate launched in 1683. She was rebuilt in 1710 and 1730 before being renamed HMS Torbay in her new incarnation as a third rate in 1750. She was sold in 1784.
- Template:HMS was a 90-gun second rate launched in 1757. She was hulked in 1784 and broken up in 1816.
- Template:HMS was a 98-gun second rate launched in 1797. She fought at the battle of Trafalgar and was broken up in 1818.
- HMS Neptune was to have been a 120-gun first rate. She was renamed Template:HMS in 1822, before being launched in 1827. Royal George was sold in 1875.
- Template:HMS was a 120-gun first rate launched in 1832. She was rebuilt as a 72-gun third rate with screw propulsion in 1859 and was sold in 1875.
- Template:HMS was a coastguard cutter built in 1863 and sold in 1905.
- Template:HMS was an ironclad warship launched in 1874 as Independência, intended for the Brazilian Navy. Acquired by the Royal Navy in 1878, she was sold in 1903.
- Template:HMS was an early dreadnought launched in 1909 and scrapped in 1922.
- Template:HMS was a Template:Sclass light cruiser launched in 1933 and sunk in a minefield off Tripoli in 1941.
- HMS Neptune was a projected Template:Sclass in the 1945 Naval Estimates, but the plans were cancelled in March 1946 and she was never ordered.
- HMS Neptune (shore establishment) is the name given to the shore establishment at HMNB Clyde.
See also
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