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HMS Courageous
Several ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Courageous or Courageux (the French spelling).
- The first Courageux was a 74-gun ship of the line captured from the French in 1761, and wrecked in 1796.
- The second Courageux or Courageuse, was a 32-gun sailing frigate captured in 1799.
- The third Courageux was a 74-gun ship launched in 1800, laid up in 1814, and later in use as a lazeretto .
- The fourth Courageous was originally a battlecruiser, then converted to an aircraft carrier in 1924; sunk by U-29 in 1939.
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