HMS Orange

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

• was a 32-gun fifth rate captured from the Dutch Navy in 1665 and lost in 1671.
• was a 6-gun fireship captured in 1672 and burnt in an accident in 1673.

See also[]

• HMS Orange Tree

References[]

• Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.

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