HMS Orange

Three ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Orange, after the House of Orange-Nassau:

• HMS Orange (1665) was a 32-gun fifth rate captured from the Dutch Navy in 1665 and lost in 1671.
• HMS Orange (1672) was a 6-gun fireship captured in 1672 and burnt in an accident in 1673.
• HMS Orange (1809) was a 2-gun gunboat sold in 1811.

See also

• HMS Orange Tree
• HMS Orangeville

References

• Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of All Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy from the 15th Century to the Present (3rd Rev ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8. OCLC 67375475.

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