Three ships of the

Royal Navy The Royal Navy (RN) is the United Kingdom's naval warfare force. Although warships were used by Kingdom of England, English and Kingdom of Scotland, Scottish kings from the early medieval period, the first major maritime engagements were foug ...

have borne the name HMS ''Desperate'', the adjective having the sense of "having reckless abandon in the pursuit of an extreme desire": * , a 12-gun

gun brig A gun-brig was a small brig-rigged warship that enjoyed popularity in the Royal Navy during the Napoleonic Wars, during which large numbers were purchased or built. In general these were vessels of under 200 tons burthen, and thus smaller than ...

launched in 1805,Colledge has "White, Broadstairs, 2.1.1905", but given the sale date of 1814, this is an obvious typographical error. converted to a mortar brig in 1811 and sold in 1814. * , a wooden screw

sloop A sloop is a sailboat with a single mast typically having only one headsail in front of the mast and one mainsail aft of (behind) the mast. Such an arrangement is called a fore-and-aft rig, and can be rigged as a Bermuda rig with triangular ...

launched in 1849 and broken up in 1865. * , a

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two funnel, 30-knot destroyer (classified as a destroyer in 1912) launched in 1896 and sold for breaking in 1920. A further two vessels were ordered and later cancelled: * HMS ''Desperate'' (1918), a light cruiser ordered in March 1918 and cancelled in November the same year. * HMS ''Desperate'' (1945), a destroyer ordered in March 1945 and cancelled in January 1946.

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