HMS Raven (1745)

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of the

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have borne the name ''Raven'', after birds of the genus ''

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'', particularly the

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: Ships * was a 36-gun ship captured in 1652, and captured by the Dutch in 1654. * was a 6-gun vessel, possibly a French ship, previously named ''St Cornelius''. She was captured in 1656 and listed until 1659. * was a 14-gun

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launched in 1745 and sold in 1763. *HMS ''Raven'' was a sloop, previously the 8-gun

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launched in 1771. She was renamed ''Raven'' later that year and was sold in 1780. * HMS ''Raven'' was an 18-gun sloop, launched in 1777 as ''Ceres'' that the French captured in 1778. The British recaptured her in 1782 and renamed her ''Raven'', only to have the French recapture her again early in 1783. She served in the French Navy until sold at Brest in 1791. * was a 14-gun sloop launched in 1796 and wrecked in 1798. * HMS ''Raven'' was an 18-gun

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, previously the French ''Aréthuse''. She was captured in 1799 and wrecked in 1804. * was an 18-gun launched in 1804 and wrecked in 1805. * was a 16-gun brig-sloop launched in 1805 and sold in 1816. * was a 4-gun survey

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launched in 1829. She became a quarantine ship in 1848, was transferred to the coastguard in 1850 and was sold in 1859. * was a mortar vessel launched in 1855 and renamed ''MV 13'' later that year; she was ordered to be sold in 1856. * was an wooden screw

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launched in 1856 and sold in 1875. * was a composite screw gunboat launched in 1882. She became a diving tender in 1904 and was sold in 1925. * was a

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, previously a seized German merchant ship, in service between 1915 and 1917. Shore establishment * was the

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in commission between 1939 and 1947. {{DEFAULTSORT:Raven, Hms Royal Navy ship names