Two ships and a training establishment of the

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have borne the name HMS ''Vernon'', possibly after

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Edward Vernon: * was a 14-gun armed ship listed between 1781 and 1782. * was a 50-gun fourth rate launched in 1832. She became tender to the Navy's gunnery school , and then the torpedo

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in 1876. She was renamed HMS ''Actaeon'' in 1886 and sold in 1923. * was the torpedo school established in 1876. She remained in commission until 1996, using a number of different hulked ships as her home until she moved ashore in 1923. Ships that have been named ''Vernon'' whilst part of the school include: ** was jointly commissioned as ''Vernon'' with the original ''Vernon'' in 1876 and was used until 1886. ** was ''Vernon'' from 1886. ** was ''Vernon II'' from 1895. ** was ''Vernon III'' from 1904. ** HMS ''Actaeon'' (the original HMS ''Vernon'' (1832)) was renamed ''Vernon IV'' in 1904. ** a minelaying tender, was renamed ''Vernon'' in 1938.

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