Eight ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Intrepid:
HMS Intrepid (1747) was a 64-gun third rate, previously the French ship Sérieux. She was captured in 1747 and broken up by 1765.
HMS Intrepid (1770) was a 64-gun third rate launched in 1770, used for harbour service from 1810 and sold in 1828.
HMS Intrepid (1780) was a 16-gun sloop launched in 1780. She foundered in 1800.
HMS Intrepid (1850) was a wood-hulled screw discovery sloop, previously the civilian Free Trade, launched in 1847 by R & H Green at Blackwall.[1] The Navy purchased her on 28 February 1850 and briefly named her HMS Perseverance; she became HMS Intrepid in March 1850. She was abandoned, icebound, in the Arctic on 15 June 1854.[2][3]
HMS Intrepid (1855) was a wooden screw gunvessel launched in 1855 and sold in 1864.
^Banbury, Philip (1971). Shipbuilders of the Thames and Medway. Newton Abbot: David & Charles. p. 184. ISBN0-7153-4996-1.
^Lyon, David; Winfield, Rif (2004). The sail & steam Navy list: all the ships of the Royal Navy, 1815-1889. London: Chatham. p. 232. ISBN1-86176-032-9.
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