Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index 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. The fifth Courageous was a submarine in service from 1971 to 1993, and presently on display at Plymouth. This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.