HMS Vengeance

Eight vessels of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Vengeance.

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• Vengeance, launched in 1758, was a sixth-rate.
• Vengeance, launched in 1774, was a third-rate ship of the line.
• Vengeance, launched in 1793, was a Dutch hoy.
• Vengeance, launched in 1800, was a fourth-rate captured from the French.
• Vengeance, launched in 1824, was a second-rate.
• Vengeance, launched in 1899, was a Canopus-class battleship. She served in World War I and was broken up in 1921.
• Vengeance (R71), launched in 1944, was a Colossus-class aircraft carrier. She served with the Royal Australian Navy from 1952 to 1954, and was sold to Brazil in 1956 and renamed Minas Gerais.
• Vengeance (S31), launched in 1998, is a Vanguard-class nuclear ballistic missile submarine.