Three vessels bearing the name ''Regent'' or HMS ''Regent'' have served England or 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 F ...

* '' Grace Dieu'' (or ''Grace à Dieu''), was a 600 or 1000 tons ( bm) vessel launched at Chatham in 1488. She was renamed ''Regent'' the next year. In 1512, she was the flagship of English admiral Sir Thomas Knyvett. On 10 August 1512, she was destroyed during the

Battle of St. Mathieu The naval Battle of Saint-Mathieu took place on 10 August 1512 during the War of the League of Cambrai, near Brest, France, between an English fleet of 25 ships commanded by Sir Edward Howard (admiral), Edward Howard and a Franco-Breton fleet o ...

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Hervé de Portzmoguer Hervé de Portzmoguer (c1470–1512), known as "Primauguet", was a Breton people, Breton naval commander, renowned for his raids on the English and his death in the Battle of St. Mathieu. Raids Portzmoguer participated in armed convoys, protecting ...

, captain of ''Cordelière'', sacrificed his vessel to sink ''Regent''. The English were boarding ''Cordelière'' when her powder magazine blew up (some say it was deliberately ignited). Knyvett and Hervé both perished, along with more than 1,700 men, both French and English. * HMS ''Regent'' was a French 16 to 18-gun brig of 350 tons (bm) that the British captured at Genoa in 1814, the Royal Navy purchased in 1816 but then transferred to the Revenue service, and that was sold in 1824. She then became the Colombian government brig ''Victoria''. * was a launched in 1930 and sunk by a mine with the loss of all hands in 1943.

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