Twelve ships of the

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have been named ''Adventure''. A thirteenth was planned but never completed: * was a 26-gun

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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

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launched in 1709 and broken up in 1741. * was a

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launched in 1741, rebuilt as a 32-gun fifth rate in 1758, and sold in 1770. * was a 12-gun

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purchased in 1763 and sold in 1768. * was a

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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

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's second voyage to the

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(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

in 1817 and renamed HMS ''Adventure'' in 1821. She was sold in 1853. * HMS ''Adventure'' was an iron screw

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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

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. She was ordered in 1885 but was cancelled before her launch. * was a river

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launched in 1891, transferred to

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in 1896 and sold in 1921. * was an

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launched in 1904 and sold in 1920. * was a

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launched in 1924. She was used as a repair ship from 1944 and was sold in 1947.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Adventure, Hms Royal Navy ship names

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