HMS ''Vindictive'' has been the name of several
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 ...
ships
* was the six-gun
galley
A galley is a type of ship optimised for propulsion by oars. Galleys were historically used for naval warfare, warfare, Maritime transport, trade, and piracy mostly in the seas surrounding Europe. It developed in the Mediterranean world during ...
''Lee'' of the Georgia Navy that and captured on the Savannah River in April 1779. The Royal Navy took ''Lee'' into service as ''Vindictive'' and sold her at Jamaica in 1786.
* was the Dutch navy's frigate ''Bellona'' launched at Rotterdam in 1786 that the Royal Navy captured at the
Capitulation of Saldanha Bay
The capitulation of Saldanha Bay was the surrender to the British of a Batavian expeditionary force sent to recapture the Dutch Cape Colony in 1796. In 1795, early in the War of the First Coalition, French troops overran the Dutch Republic wh ...
in 1796 and broke up in 1816.
* , a 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
When the rating system was f ...
ship of the line
A ship of the line was a type of naval warship constructed during the Age of Sail from the 17th century to the mid-19th century. The ship of the line was designed for the naval tactics in the Age of Sail, naval tactic known as the line of battl ...
launched in 1813 and sold in 1871.
* , an
''Arrogant''-class cruiser used in the
Zeebrugge Raid
The Zeebrugge Raid (; ) on 23 April 1918, was an attempt by the Royal Navy to block the Belgium, Belgian port of Bruges-Zeebrugge. The British intended to sink obsolete ships in the canal entrance, to prevent German vessels from leaving port. ...
* , a
''Hawkins''-class cruiser built in 1918 and converted to an aircraft carrier
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Royal Navy ship names