Twelve ships of the Royal Navy

Royal Navy

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 have been named HMS Adventure. A thirteenth was planned but never completed:
was a 26-gun galley launched in 1594 and broken up 1645. was a 32-gun ship launched in 1646, rebuilt in 1691 and captured by the French in 1709. was a 40-gun fifth rate launched in 1709 and broken up in 1741. was a fourth rate ship of the line

Ship of the line

A ship of the line was a type of naval warship constructed from the 17th through the mid-19th century to take part in the naval tactic known as the line of battle, in which two columns of opposing warships would manoeuvre to bring the greatest weight of broadside guns to bear...

 launched in 1741, rebuilt as a 32-gun fifth rate in 1758, and sold in 1770. was a 12-gun cutter purchased in 1763 and sold in 1768. was a survey ship, originally a collier

Collier (ship type)

Collier is a historical term used to describe a bulk cargo ship designed to carry coal, especially for naval use by coal-fired warships. In the late 18th century a number of wooden-hulled sailing colliers gained fame after being adapted for use in voyages of exploration in the South Pacific, for...

 named Marquis of Rockingham. She was purchased in 1771 and renamed Rayleigh, then renamed Adventure later that year. She accompanied on James Cook

James Cook

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's second voyage to the Pacific (1772–1775). She returned to cargo freighting after Cook's expedition, and was sunk in the Saint Lawrence River in 1811. was a 44-gun fifth rate launched in 1784 and broken up in 1816.

• HMS Adventure was a 10-gun transport launched in 1809 as . She was converted to a survey ship in 1817 and renamed HMS Adventure in 1821. She was sold in 1853.
• HMS Adventure was an iron screw storeship, launched in 1855 as . She was renamed HMS Adventure in 1857 and was broken up in 1877.
• HMS Adventure was to have been a torpedo ram
  Torpedo ram
  A torpedo ram is a type of torpedo boat combining a ram with torpedo tubes. Incorporating design elements from the cruiser and the monitor, it was intended to provide small and inexpensive weapon systems for coastal defence and other littoral combat....
  
  . She was ordered in 1885 but was cancelled before her launch. was a river gunboat
  Gunboat
  A gunboat is a naval watercraft designed for the express purpose of carrying one or more guns to bombard coastal targets, as opposed to those military craft designed for naval warfare, or for ferrying troops or supplies.-History:...
  
   launched in 1891, transferred to British Central Africa
  British Central Africa
  The British Central Africa Protectorate existed in the area of present-day Malawi between 1893 and 1907.-History:The Shire Highlands south of Lake Nyasa and the lands west of the lake had been of interest to the British since they were first explored by David Livingstone in the 1850s, and...
  
   in 1896 and sold in 1921. was an Adventure class
  Adventure class cruiser
  The Adventure class was a two ship class of scout cruiser serving with the Royal Navy in World War I, and consisting of the ships HMS Adventure and HMS Attentive.-Design:...
  
   scout cruiser
  Cruiser
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   launched in 1904 and sold in 1920. was a minelayer
  Minelayer
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  launched in 1924. She was used as a repair ship from 1944 and was sold in 1947.