HMS Dauntless

HMS Dauntless

Five ships and one Shore Establishment of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Dauntless:

• HMS Dauntless was an 18-gun sloop launched at Hull, England in November 1804. In 1807 she ran aground during a battle in the Vistula River and was forced to surrender to the French.
• HMS Dauntless was a 26-gun sloop launched in 1808 and sold for breaking in 1825.
• HMS Dauntless was a 24-gun (from 1854, 33-gun) frigate launched in 1847 and sold for breaking in 1885.
• HMS Dauntless was a Danae-class light cruiser launched in 1918. She was used as a training vessel from 1943 before being sold for breaking in 1946.
• HMS Dauntless was the WRNS Training Establishment at Burghfield, near Reading, Berkshire, from 1947 until 1981.
• HMS Dauntless is a Type 45 destroyer launched on 23 January 2007 at the BAE Systems Govan shipyard in Glasgow, and commissioned in June 2010.