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Encounter
.
Six ships of the English Navy or the
Royal Navy
have borne the name
Encounter
or
HMS
Encounter
:
Encounter
(1616)
was a discovery vessel in service in 1616.
HMS
Encounter
(1805)
was a 12-gun
gun-brig
launched in 1805 and wrecked in 1812.
HMS
Encounter
(1846)
was an early wooden screw
corvette
launched in 1846 and broken up in 1866.
HMS
Encounter
(1873)
was an
Amethyst
-class
wooden screw corvette launched in 1873 and sold in 1888.
HMS
Encounter
was a
Challenger
-class
protected cruiser
launched in 1902. She was transferred to the
Royal Australian Navy
in 1919, renamed HMAS
Penguin
in 1923 while serving as a depot ship, and was scuttled in 1932.
HMS
Encounter
(H10)
was an
E-class
destroyer
launched in 1934 and sunk in 1942.
List of ships with the same or similar names
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