HMS Audacious

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Several ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Audacious.

• The first Audacious was a 74-gun 3rd rate in service from 1785 to 1815.
• The second Audacious was a battleship launched in 1869, converted to a depot ship in 1902, later named Fisgard then Imperieuse, and sold for breakup in 1927.
• The third Audacious was also a battleship, launched in 1912 and sunk by a mine in October 1914.
• Audacious was an initial name of HMS Eagle (R05) aircraft carrier, of the Audacious class. The vessel was renamed HMS Eagle on 21 January 1946, two months before her launch on 19 March 1946.
• The most recent Audacious will be an Astute class nuclear submarine due to enter service around 2012.

A 14 gun sloop captured from France in 1797, Audacieux, was commissioned into the Royal Navy as HMS Audacieux. The ship was last listed in 1801.

[edit] References

• Colledge, J. J. and Warlow, Ben (2006). Ships of the Royal Navy: the complete record of all fighting ships of the Royal Navy, Rev. ed., London: Chatham. ISBN 9781861762818. OCLC 67375475.