Twelve ships of the

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have been named HMS ''Repulse'': * was a 50-gun

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also known as ''Due Repulse'', launched in 1595 and in the records until 1645. * was a 32-gun

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, originally the . She was captured in 1759 by and foundered in 1776. * was a 10-gun cutter purchased in 1779 and in the records until 1781. * was a 64-gun

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launched in 1780 and wrecked in 1800. * was a 12-gun cutter purchased in 1780 and wrecked in 1782. * was a 4-gun vessel purchased in 1794 and broken up a year later. * was a 74-gun

launched in 1803 and broken up in 1820. * HMS ''Repulse'' was a screw-propelled 91-gun

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launched on 27 February 1855 as HMS ''Repulse'' but renamed HMS ''Victor Emmanuel'' on 7 December 1855, used as a

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after 1873, and sold in 1899. * was an ironclad ship launched in 1868 and sold in 1889. * was a launched in 1892 and sold in 1911. * was a launched in 1916 and sunk in a Japanese air attack in 1941. * was a launched in 1967 and laid up in 1997.

Battle honours

* Cadiz, 1596 *

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, 1762 * The Saints, 1782 *

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, 1939–40 *

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, 1940 * ''Bismarck'', 1941 {{DEFAULTSORT:Repulse, Hms Royal Navy ship names