HMS Neptune
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Nine ships and a naval base of the Royal Navy
have been named HMS Neptune after the Roman god of the ocean:
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. was a 90-gun second rate launched in 1757. She was hulked in 1784 and broken up in 1816. was a 98-gun second rate launched in 1797. She fought at the battle of Trafalgar
and was broken up in 1818.
Royal Navy
The Royal Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Founded in the 16th century, it is the oldest service branch and is known as the Senior Service...
have been named HMS Neptune after the Roman god of the ocean:
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. was a 90-gun second rate launched in 1757. She was hulked in 1784 and broken up in 1816. was a 98-gun second rate launched in 1797. She fought at the battle of Trafalgar
Battle of Trafalgar
The Battle of Trafalgar was a sea battle fought between the British Royal Navy and the combined fleets of the French Navy and Spanish Navy, during the War of the Third Coalition of the Napoleonic Wars ....
and was broken up in 1818.
- HMS Neptune was to have been a 120-gun first rate. She was renamed HMS Royal GeorgeHMS Royal George (1827)HMS Royal George was a 120-gun first rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 22 September 1827 at Chatham.In 1853 she was fitted with screw propulsion. Boilers and engines were placed in space previously used for water tanks. Further space had to be given over to storing coal, which...
in 1822, before being launched in 1827. Royal George was sold in 1875. 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. was a coastguard cutter built in 1863 and sold in 1905. was previously Independencia, an ironclad battleship launched in 1874 for the Brazilian NavyBrazilian NavyThe Brazilian Navy is a branch of the Brazilian Armed Forces responsible for conducting naval operations. It is the largest navy in Latin America...
. The Royal Navy acquired her in 1878; she was sold in 1903. was an early dreadnoughtDreadnoughtThe dreadnought was the predominant type of 20th-century battleship. The first of the kind, the Royal Navy's had such an impact when launched in 1906 that similar battleships built after her were referred to as "dreadnoughts", and earlier battleships became known as pre-dreadnoughts...
launched in 1909 and scrapped in 1922. was a Leander-classLeander class cruiser (1931)The Leander class was a class of eight light cruisers built for the Royal Navy in the early 1930s that saw service in World War II. They were named after mythological figures, and all ships were commissioned between 1933 and 1936...
light cruiserLight cruiserA light cruiser is a type of small- or medium-sized warship. The term is a shortening of the phrase "light armored cruiser", describing a small ship that carried armor in the same way as an armored cruiser: a protective belt and deck...
launched in 1933 and sunk in a minefield off Tripoli in 1941. - HMS Neptune was a projected cruiser in the 1945 Naval Estimates, but the plans were cancelled in March 1946 and she was never ordered.
- HMS NeptuneHMNB ClydeHer Majesty's Naval Base Clyde is one of three operating bases in the United Kingdom for the Royal Navy...
is the name given to the shore establishment at HMNB Clyde.