Six ships of the
Royal Navy
The Royal Navy (RN) is the United Kingdom's naval warfare force. Although warships were used by English and Scottish kings from the early medieval period, the first major maritime engagements were fought in the Hundred Years' War against ...
have borne the name HMS ''Arrogant'', or HMS ''Arrogante'', whilst another was planned:
* was a 60-gun
third rate
In the rating system of the Royal Navy, a third rate was a ship of the line which from the 1720s mounted between 64 and 80 guns, typically built with two gun decks (thus the related term two-decker). Years of experience proved that the third ...
captured from the French in 1705. She was carrying naval stores between Gibraltar and Port Mahon when she foundered in 1709; there were no survivors.
[Hepper (1994), p.28.]
* was a 74-gun third rate launched in 1761. She was used as a receiving ship, sheer hulk, and floating battery at Bombay from 1804, and was broken up in 1810.
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* HMS ''Arrogante'' was the French gun-brig ''Brave'' of six 24-pounder guns, launched in 1793 and renamed ''Arrogante'' in May 1795, that captured from the French in 1798. She was renamed HMS ''Insolent'' later in 1798 and was sold in 1818.
* was previously the civilian ship, ''Ardaseer''. Admiral Drury purchased her in 1810 for use as a warship but instead used as a hospital hulk.][Parkinson (1954), p.356.] She was sold in 1842.
* was a wood screw frigate launched in 1848 and sold in 1867.
* was an second class cruiser
A cruiser is a type of warship. Modern cruisers are generally the largest ships in a fleet after aircraft carriers and amphibious assault ships, and can usually perform several roles.
The term "cruiser", which has been in use for several hu ...
launched in 1896. She was used as a depot ship from 1911 and was sold in 1923.
*HMS ''Arrogant'' was a planned , cancelled in 1945.
Citations
References
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*Parkinson, Cyril Northcote (1954) ''War in the Eastern Seas, 1793-1815''. (George Allen & Unwin).
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Royal Navy ship names