HMS Temeraire

Four ships of the Royal Navy were named HMS Temeraire:

The first Temeraire was a French ship of the line with 74 guns; it was in 1759 by the British after the Battle of Lagos ( 1759) adopted on 19 August 1759 to 1784 sold again. It did not contribute the prefix HMS for His / Her Majesty Ship, which was not introduced until 1789.

The second Temeraire, a ship of the line with 98 guns, in 1798 laid the keel. At the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805, she ran as a second ship behind the HMS Victory in the keel line. The ship was famous for his presentation on two paintings of William Turner, in particular, the last ride of the Téméraire ( original English Title The Fighting Téméraire tugged to her load Berth to be broken up) by 1838. This shows paintings, such as this symbol of British naval supremacy of a steamer towed for scrapping. Due to the volcanic dust of Tambora erupted in 1815, there were at the time of the sunrise and sunsets that shown in the image characteristic colors of the sky.

The third Temeraire was a steel, screw -driven ship. It was equipped with two cannons on Verschwindlafetten. The keel was laid in 1876. It was several years part of the British Mediterranean fleet, and participated in the bombardment of Alexandria in 1882. After several name changes and changes of use (1904: Indus II, 1915: Akbar ) it was sold in 1921.

The fourth Temeraire was a Bellerophon - class battleship; the keel was laid in 1907, in 1921 it was sold.

A 42,500 -ton battleship of the Lion class should be built as the fifth Temeraire, the plans but were stopped in 1939 and no longer running.
Today, the Directorate of Naval Physical Training and Sport ( DNPTS ) contributes in Portsmouth been named HMS Temeraire

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