HMS Brilliant explained

Nine ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Brilliant.

• was a prize sloop taken in 1696 and sold in 1698.
• was a sloop in service in 1729.
• was a 36-gun fifth rate launched in 1757 and sold in 1776.
• was a 28-gun sixth rate launched in 1779 and broken up in 1811.
• HMS Brilliant was the former name of, renamed in 1813 and broken up in 1817.
• was a 36-gun fifth rate launched in 1814, renamed Briton in 1889 and sold in 1908.^[1]
• was an light cruiser launched in 1891 and sunk in 1918 as a blockship at Ostend.
• was a launched in 1930. She served in World War II and was sold in 1947.
• was a Type 22 frigate launched in 1978. She took part in the Falklands War. She was sold to the Brazilian Navy in 1996 and renamed Dodsworth

Battle honours

• Belgian Coast 1914
• Zeebrugge 1918
• English Channel 1940–43
• Atlantic 1941–43
• North Africa 1942–43
• Falklands War 1982
• Kuwait 1991

See also

• Brilliant (disambiguation)

Notes and References

1. http://www.ambaile.org.uk/en/item/item_photograph.jsp?item_id=1799 HMS Brilliant moored in Inverness Muirton basin around the 1870s, two other pictures on Am Baile