Four ships of the
Royal Navy
The Royal Navy (RN) is the naval warfare force of the United Kingdom. It is a component of His Majesty's Naval Service, and its officers hold their commissions from the King of the United Kingdom, King. Although warships were used by Kingdom ...
have borne the name HMS ''Retribution'':
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HMS ''Retribution'' was a 32-gun
fifth rate
In the rating system of the Royal Navy used to categorise sailing warships, a fifth rate was the second-smallest class of warships in a hierarchical system of six " ratings" based on size and firepower.
Rating
The rating system in the Royal N ...
launched in 1782 as . Her crew mutinied and handed her over to the Spanish in 1797. After her capture in 1799 she was renamed HMS ''Retaliation'', and then HMS ''Retribution'' in 1800. She was broken up in 1805.
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HMS ''Retribution'' was a
convict hulk
A prison ship, is a current or former seagoing vessel that has been modified to become a place of substantive detention for convicts, prisoner of war, prisoners of war or civilian internees. Some prison ships were hulk (ship type), hulked. W ...
launched in 1799 as the 74-gun
third rate
In the rating system of the Royal Navy, a third rate was a ship of the line which from the 1720s mounted between 64 and 80 guns, typically built with two gun decks (thus the related term two-decker).
Rating
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. ''Edgar'' was converted into a convict hulk in 1813, renamed HMS ''Retribution'' in 1814 and broken up in 1835.
* 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.
The name frigate in the 17th to early 18th centuries was given to any full-rigged ship built for speed and maneuvera ...
built as HMS ''Watt'', but renamed HMS ''Retribution'' before her launch in 1844. She was sold in 1864.
* was an
protected cruiser
Protected cruisers, a type of cruiser of the late 19th century, took their name from the armored deck, which protected vital machine-spaces from fragments released by explosive shells. Protected cruisers notably lacked a belt of armour alon ...
launched in 1891 and sold in 1911.
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Royal Navy ship names