HMS Courageous
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HMS Courageous or Courageux (the French spelling) may refer to one of several ships of the Royal Navy:
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- HMS Courageux, or Courageuse, was a 32-gun sailing frigate captured from the French in June 1799. She was renamed Lutine in November 1799 and used as a prison ship at Gibraltar. Sold in April 1802 and broken up in Malta.
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Battle honours
Ships named Courageous have earned the following battle honours:
- Falkland Islands, 1982