HMS Active

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Twelve ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Active or HMS Actif, with a thirteenth currently under construction:

• Template:HMS was a 28-gun sixth rate launched in 1758 and captured in 1778 by two French frigates off San Domingo.<ref>Hepper (1994), p. 53.</ref>
• Template:HMS was a 14-gun brig-sloop launched in 1776 and captured in 1780 by the American privateer General Pickering off New York.<ref>Hepper (1994), p .58.</ref>
• Template:HMS was a 12-gun cutter that entered service in 1779 and surrendered that same year to the French cutter Template:Ship when Active encountered and was unable to escape the combined Franco-Spanish fleet in the English Channel.<ref>Hepper (1994), p. 56.</ref> The French took her into service as Actif and later Activ No.1 (1782). She was paid off at Brest in December 1782 and broken up there early the next year.<ref>Demerliac (1996), p. 89, #588.</ref>
• Template:HMS was a 32-gun fifth rate launched in 1780 and wrecked in 1796 on Anticosti Island at the mouth of the Saint Lawrence River.<ref>Hepper (1994), p. 80.</ref>
• Template:HMS was a 14-gun brig-sloop listed in 1782.
• Template:HMS was a 16-gun privateer that Template:HMS captured from the French on 16 March 1794; she foundered on 26 November, although all her crew were saved.
• Template:HMS was a 38-gun fifth rate launched in 1799. She was placed on harbour service in 1826, renamed HMS Argo in 1833, and was broken up in 1860.
• Template:HMS was a 36-gun fifth rate launched in 1845, becoming a training ship and being renamed HMS Tyne in 1867 and HMS Durham in 1867. She was sold in 1908.
• Template:HMS was a Template:Sclass iron screw corvette launched in 1869 and sold in 1906.
• Template:HMS was an Template:Sclass scout cruiser launched in 1911 and scrapped in 1920.
• Template:HMS was an Template:Sclass2 destroyer launched in 1928 and broken up in 1947.
• Template:HMS was a Type 21 frigate launched in 1972. She was sold to the Pakistan Navy in 1994 and was renamed Template:Ship.
• Template:HMS is a Type 31 frigate that is currently under construction.

Battle honours

Ships named Active have earned the following battle honours:

• Lagos, 1759
• Trincomalee, 1782
• Camperdown, 1797
• Egypt, 1801
• Lissa, 1811
• Pelagosa, 1811
• Ashantee, 1873−74
• Jutland, 1916
• Atlantic, 1939−44
• Bismarck, 1941
• Diego Suarez, 1942
• Arctic, 1944
• Falkland Islands, 1982

See also

• Template:Ship
• The schooner Active, which was under the command of Lieutenant Michael Fitton, was a tender to the flagship on the Jamaica station. She assisted Template:HMS at the capitulation of Curaçao on 13 September 1800.<ref>Template:London Gazette</ref>

References

Bibliography

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| first1 = J. J. 
| author-link1= J. J. Colledge
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| first2 = Ben
| date = 2006
| orig-date = 1969
| title = Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of All Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy from the 15th Century to the Present
| edition = Rev.
| location = London
| publisher = Chatham Publishing
| isbn = 978-1-86176-281-8
| OCLC = 67375475

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• Demerliac, Alain (1996) La Marine De Louis XVI: Nomenclature Des Navires Français De 1774 À 1792. (Nice: Éditions OMEGA).