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The dictionary definition of indefatigable at Wiktionary - Indefatigable (disambiguation)
Six ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Indefatigable:
Ships named Indefatigable have earned the following battle honours:
The dictionary definition of indefatigable at WiktionaryEight ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Ardent, whilst another two were planned:
Eight ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name Renown, whilst three others have borne the name at various stages in their construction:
Nine ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Apollo, after the Greek god Apollo:
Nineteen ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Lion or HMS Lyon, after the lion, an animal traditionally associated with courage, and also used in several heraldric motifs representing England, Scotland and the British Monarchy. Another ship was planned but never completed:
Two ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS New Zealand, after the country of New Zealand, a third was cancelled while under construction:
Five ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Black Prince, after Edward, the Black Prince (1330–1376), the eldest son of King Edward III of England.
HMS Indefatigable was the lead ship of her class of three battlecruisers built for the Royal Navy during the first decade of the 20th Century. When the First World War began, Indefatigable was serving with the 2nd Battlecruiser Squadron (BCS) in the Mediterranean, where she unsuccessfully pursued the battlecruiser Goeben and the light cruiser Breslau of the German Imperial Navy as they fled toward the Ottoman Empire. The ship bombarded Ottoman fortifications defending the Dardanelles on 3 November 1914, then, following a refit in Malta, returned to the United Kingdom in February where she rejoined the 2nd BCS.
Eight ships or submarines of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Anson, after Admiral George Anson:
Six ships of the Royal Navy, have been named HMS Leander after the Greek hero Leander:
Seven ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Mars, after Mars, the Roman god of war:
Several Royal Navy ships have been named HMS Diamond.
Nine ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Falmouth, after the town of Falmouth:
HMS Gloucester was a Town-class light cruiser built for the Royal Navy in the first decade of the 20th century. The ship was initially assigned to the Home Fleet upon commissioning in 1910 and was transferred to the Mediterranean Fleet in 1913. She was involved in the hunt for the German ships Goeben and Breslau after World War I began in August 1914. Gloucester was detailed several times during the war to search for German commerce raiders, but her only success was the capture of one supply ship in early 1915. She played a minor role in the Battle of Jutland in mid-1916 and then spent most of the rest of the war in the Adriatic Sea. The ship was placed in reserve in 1919 and was sold for scrap in 1921.
Eight ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Defender:
Several vessels have been named Recovery:
