Six ships of the English Navy or the Royal Navy have borne the name Encounter or HMS Encounter:
Encounter (1616) was a discovery vessel in service in 1616.
HMS Encounter (1805) was a 12-gun gun-brig launched in 1805 and wrecked in 1812.
HMS Encounter (1846) was an early wooden screw corvette launched in 1846 and broken up in 1866.
HMS Encounter (1873) was an Amethyst-class wooden screw corvette launched in 1873 and sold in 1888.
HMS Encounter was a Challenger-class protected cruiser launched in 1902. She was transferred to the Royal Australian Navy in 1919, renamed HMAS Penguin in 1923 while serving as a depot ship, and was scuttled in 1932.
HMS Encounter (H10) was an E-class destroyer launched in 1934 and sunk in 1942.
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Navy have borne the name Encounter or HMSEncounter: Encounter (1616) was a discovery vessel in service in 1616. HMSEncounter (1805) was a 12-gun gun-brig...
of HMS Exeter and HMSEncounter were missing from the ocean floor. The Guardian newspaper subsequently reported that the wrecks of HMS Exeter, HMS Encounter...
the Sky "Encounter", a song in the video game Metal Gear Solid HMSEncounter (1846) HMSEncounter (1873), a wooden-screw corvette HMSEncounter (H10), an...
Ruyter, HNLMS Java, HMAS Perth), and nine destroyers (HMS Electra, HMS Encounter, HMS Jupiter, HNLMS Kortenaer, HNLMS Witte de With, USS Alden, USS John D...
Battle of the Java Sea 27 February 1942 Sunk by Japanese naval gunfire HMSEncounter (H10) Second Battle of the Java Sea 1 March 1942 Scuttled following...
during the Second World War, consisting of the battleship HMS Prince of Wales, the battlecruiser HMS Repulse and accompanying destroyers. Assembled in 1941...
another action south of Borneo, Exeter and her two escorting destroyers HMSEncounter and USS Pope unintentionally stumbled into Haguro and Nachi and their...
1948 four-seat cabin monoplane aircraft HMSEncounter (H10), a 1934 British Royal Navy E class destroyer HMS H10, a 1915 British Royal Navy H class submarine...
trunk engine for driving screw propellers in vessels of war. HMSEncounter (1846) and HMS Arrogant (1848) were the first ships to be fitted with such engines...
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