The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom is the oldest of the British Armed Forces . From the mid-18th century until well into the 20th century, it was the most powerful navy in the world, playing a key part in establishing the British Empire as the dominant world power from 1815 until the early 1940s.... have been named HMS Neptune after the Roman god of the ocean:
HMS Neptune was a 90-gun second rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched in 1683 at Deptford Dockyard.She underwent her first rebuild at Blackwall, London, from where she was relaunched on 6 May 1710 as a 90-gun second rate built to the 1706 Establishment.... was a 90-gun second rate ship of the line
Ship of the line
A ship-of-the-line was a type of naval warship constructed from the 17th century through the mid-19th century, to take part in the Naval tactics in the Age of Sail known as the line of battle, in which two columns of opposing warships would maneuver to bring the greatest weight of broadside guns to bear.... launched in 1683. She was rebuilt in 1710 and 1730 before being renamed HMS Torbay in her new incarnation as a third rate in 1750. She was sold in 1784.
HMS Neptune was a 90-gun second rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built at Portsmouth Dockyard to the draught specified by the 1745 Establishment as amended in 1750, and launched on 17 July 1757.... was a 90-gun second rate launched in 1757. She was hulked in 1784 and broken up in 1816.
HMS Neptune was a 98-gun second rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 28 January 1797 at Deptford, and was the second ship of the Navy to bear the name.... was a 98-gun second rate launched in 1797. She fought at the battle of Trafalgar
Battle of Trafalgar
The Battle of Trafalgar was a sea battle fought between the United Kingdom Royal Navy and the combined fleets of the French Navy and Spanish Navy , during the War of the Third Coalition of the Napoleonic Wars .... and was broken up in 1818.
HMS
Neptune was to have been a 120-gun first rate. She was renamed HMS Royal George
HMS Royal George (1827)
HMS Royal George was a 120-gun first rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 22 September 1827 at Chatham Dockyard.In 1853 she was fitted with screw propulsion, and she was sold out of the service in 1875.... in 1822, before being launched in 1827. Royal George was sold in 1875.
HMS Neptune was a 120-gun first rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 22 September 1832 at Portsmouth.She was fitted with screw propulsion in 1859, and was sold out of the service in 1875.... was a 120-gun first rate launched in 1832. She was rebuilt as a 72-gun third rate with screw propulsion in 1859 and was sold in 1875.
HMS
Neptune was a coastguard cutter built in 1863 and sold in 1905.
HMS Neptune was designed by Edward James Reed for the Brazilian Navy in 1872, and was given the provisional name Independencia. Together with the two ships of the Belleisle class battleship and , she was compulsorily purchased by the British Government at the time of the Russo-Turkish War of 1878.... was previously Independencia, an ironclad battleship launched in 1874 for the Brazilian Navy
Brazilian Navy
The Brazilian Navy is the navy of Brazil and forms part of the Brazilian Armed Forces. It is the largest navy in Latin America, with a 27,307-ton aircraft carrier, the NAe S?o Paulo , some American and British-built frigates, a few locally-built corvettes, coastal diesel-electric submarines and many other river and coastal patrol craft.... . She was acquired by the Royal Navy in 1878 and sold in 1903.
for other ships of this name.HMS Neptune was a Royal Navy HMS Dreadnought , intended to be the lead ship of three Neptune class battleship battleships, but the subsequent two ships had slightly thicker belt armour and were reclassified as the Colossus class battleship .... was an early Dreadnought battleship launched in 1909 and scrapped in 1922.
HMS Neptune was a Leander class cruiser light cruiser which served with the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom during World War II.The Neptune was the fourth ship of its class and was the ninth Royal Navy vessel to carry the name Neptune.... was a Leander-class
Leander class cruiser (1931)
See Leander class frigate for the later frigate class of the same name.The Leander class was a class of eight light cruisers built for the Royal Navy in the early 1930s that saw service in World War II.... light cruiser
Light cruiser
A light cruiser is a warship. The term is a shortening of the phrase "light armoured cruiser", describing a small ship that carried armour in the same way as an armoured cruiser: a protective belt and deck.... launched in 1933 and sunk in 1941.
HMS
Neptune was a projected cruiser in the 1945 Naval Estimates, but the plans were cancelled in March 1946 and she was never ordered.
Her Majesty's Naval Base Clyde is one of three UK operating bases for the Royal Navy . It is the service's headquarters in Scotland and is best known as the home of the United Kingdom UK Trident programme-armed nuclear submarine force.... is the name given to the shore establishment at HMNB Clyde.
