HMS Temeraire
A number of ships of the British
Royal Navy have been called
HMS Temeraire:
# The first
Temeraire was a French 74-gun
ship of the line captured in
1759 and sold in
1784. (see
French ship Téméraire)# The second
Temeraire, a
second-rate of 98 guns launched in
1798, was second in the line behind
HMS Victory at the
Battle of Trafalgar. Famous as the subject of two paintings by
J. M. W. Turner, one showing her
at the Battle of Trafalgar in
1805, the other showing her being towed to the breaker's yard in
1838.# The third
Temeraire was an iron-hulled screw-propelled ship launched in
1876, renamed
Indus II in
1904,
Akbar in
1915, and sold
1921.# The fourth
Temeraire was a
battleship launched in
1907 and sold in
1921.# A fifth
Temeraire was to be a 42,500-ton
Lion class battleship. Laid down in June
1939, construction was suspended in October, and cancelled in
1944.# HMS Temeraire is now the Directorate of Naval Physical Training and Sport(DNPTS) in Portsmouth[
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