Twelve ships of the
Royal Navy have been named ''Adventure''. A thirteenth was planned but never completed:
* was a 26-gun
galley
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launched in 1594 and broken up 1645.
* was a 32-gun ship launched in 1646, rebuilt in 1691 and captured by the French in 1709.
* was a 40-gun
fifth rate launched in 1709 and broken up in 1741.
* was a
fourth-rate ship of the line
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launched in 1741, rebuilt as a 32-gun fifth rate in 1758, and sold in 1770.
* was a 12-gun
cutter
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Tools
* Bolt cutter
* Box cutter, aka Stanley knife, a form of utility knife
* Cigar cutter
* Cookie cutter
* Glass cutter
* Meat cutter
* Milling cutter
* Paper cutter
* Side cutter
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purchased in 1763 and sold in 1768.
* was a
survey ship
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, originally a
collier named ''Marquis of Rockingham''. She was purchased in 1771 and renamed ''Rayleigh'', then renamed ''Adventure'' later that year. She accompanied on
James Cook
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's second voyage to the
Pacific (1772–1775). She returned to mercantile service after Cook's expedition; she was sunk in the Saint Lawrence River in 1811.
* was a 44-gun fifth rate launched in 1784 and broken up in 1816.
* HMS ''Adventure'' was a 10-gun transport launched in 1809 as . She was converted to a
survey ship
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in 1817 and renamed HMS ''Adventure'' in 1821. She was sold in 1853.
* HMS ''Adventure'' was an iron screw
storeship
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, launched in 1855 as . She was renamed HMS ''Adventure'' in 1857 and was broken up in 1877.
* HMS ''Adventure'' was to have been a
torpedo ram
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. She was ordered in 1885 but was cancelled before her launch.
* was a river
gunboat launched in 1891, transferred to
British Central Africa
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in 1896 and sold in 1921.
* was an
scout cruiser launched in 1904 and sold in 1920.
* was a
minelayer launched in 1924. She was used as a repair ship from 1944 and was sold in 1947.
See also
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References
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Royal Navy ship names