Nine ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS ''Avenger'': *HMS ''Avenger'' was a

sloop-of-war In the 18th century and most of the 19th, a sloop-of-war in the Royal Navy was a warship with a single gun deck that carried up to eighteen guns. The rating system covered all vessels with 20 guns and above; thus, the term ''sloop-of-war'' enc ...

launched in 1778 as the 8-gun fireship . She was renamed HMS ''Avenger'' on her conversion to a sloop in 1779 and was sold in 1783. * was a 16-gun sloop-of-war, formerly the French ''Vengeur''. She was captured in 1794 and sold in 1802. * was a sloop-of-war, previously the civilian vessel ''Elizabeth''. She was purchased in 1803 and foundered later that year. * was an 18-gun sloop-of-war, formerly the collier ''Thames''. She was purchased in 1804 and wrecked in 1812. * was a wooden paddle

frigate A frigate () is a type of warship. In different eras, the roles and capabilities of ships classified as frigates have varied somewhat. The name frigate in the 17th to early 18th centuries was given to any full-rigged ship built for speed and ...

launched in 1845 and wrecked off North Africa in 1847. * was an

armed merchant cruiser An armed merchantman is a merchant ship equipped with guns, usually for defensive purposes, either by design or after the fact. In the days of sail, piracy and privateers, many merchantmen would be routinely armed, especially those engaging in lo ...

torpedoed and sunk on 14 June 1917 by . * was an , laid down as the merchant vessel ''Rio Hudson'' but converted and launched in 1940. She was transferred to the Royal Navy under

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and was sunk by in 1942. * was a Landing Ship, Tank launched in 1945 as ''LST 3011''. She was renamed HMS ''Avenger'' in 1947 and was sold to the Royal Indian Navy in 1949, being renamed ''Magar'' in 1951. * was a Type 21 frigate launched in 1975. She fought in the

Falklands War The Falklands War ( es, link=no, Guerra de las Malvinas) was a ten-week undeclared war between Argentina and the United Kingdom in 1982 over two British dependent territories in the South Atlantic: the Falkland Islands and its territorial de ...

, and was sold to Pakistan in 1994 and renamed .

Battle honours

Ships named ''Avenger'' have earned the following battle honours: * Martinique, 1794 * North Africa, 1942 * Arctic, 1942 * Falkland Islands, 1982

In fiction

The Alexander Kent novel "Midshipman Bolitho and the ''Avenger''" features a 10 gun Royal Navy

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