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of the British

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have been named HMS ''Terrible'': * , 26-gun

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captured by the Spanish near Cape Saint Vincent * , 14-gun

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* , 74-gun

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captured from the French * , 74-gun third rate * , 74-gun third rate * , wooden-hulled

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* , a

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* HMS ''Terrible'' (R93), an

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launched in 1944 and sold to Australia in 1947, where it was renamed

Other British military vessels named ''Terrible''

* ''Terrible'' was a gunboat that the garrison at Gibraltar launched in June 1782 during the

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. She was one of 12. Each was armed with an 18-pounder gun, and received a crew of 21 men drawn from Royal Navy vessels stationed at Gibraltar. provided ''Revenge''s crew.Drinkwater (1905), p.246.

Citations

References

* Drinkwater, John (1905) ''A History of the Siege of Gibraltar, 1779-1783: With a Description and Account of that Garrison from the Earliest Times''. (J. Murray). {{DEFAULTSORT:Terrible, Hms Royal Navy ship names