Eight vessels of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Terrible: , 26-gun sixth rate captured by the Spanish near Cape Saint Vincent , 14-gun bomb vessel , 74-gun third rate captured from the French , 74-gun third rate , 74-gun third rate , wooden-hulled paddle frigate , a protected cruiser HMS Terrible (R93), aircraft carrier launched in 1944 and sold to Australia in 1947, where it was renamed Also Terrible was a gunboat that the garrison at Gibraltar launched in June 1782 during the Great Siege of Gibraltar. She was one of 12. Each was armed with an 18-pounder gun, and received a crew of 21 men drawn from Royal Navy vessels stationed at Gibraltar. provided Revenges crew. Citations and references Citations References Drinkwater, John (1905) A History of the Siege of Gibraltar, 1779-1783: With a Description and Account of that Garrison from the Earliest Times. (J. Murray). Royal Navy ship names