The first ''Adventure'' was a 26-gun Galley launched in 1594 and broken up 1645.
The second ''Adventure'' was a 32-gun ship launched in 1646 and captured by the French in 1701.
The third ''Adventure'' was a 40-gun Fifth Rate launched in 1709 and broken up in 1741.
The fourth ''Adventure'' was a Fourth Rate launched in 1741, rebuilt as a 32-gun fifth rate in 1758, and sold in 1770.
The fifth ''Adventure'' was a Survey Ship . Originally a Collier named ''Marquis of Rockingham'', she was purchased in 1771 and named ''Rayleigh'', then renamed ''Adventure'' later that year. Commanded by Tobias Furneaux , she accompanied ''Resolution'' on James Cook 's second voyage to the Pacific (1772–1775). Adventure Bay is named for her. She returned to cargo freighting after Cook's expedition, and was sunk in the Saint Lawrence River in 1811.
The sixth ''Adventure'' was a 44-gun fifth rate launched in 1784 and broken up in 1816.
The seventh ''Adventure'' was a 10-gun transport launched in 1809 as ''Aid''. She was converted to a Survey Ship 1817 and renamed in 1821. In the late 1820s under the command of Philip Parker King she surveyed South America . She was sold in 1853.
The eighth ''Adventure'' was an iron screw Storeship , launched in 1855 as ''Resolute'', renamed 1857 and broken up in 1877.
A Torpedo Ram ordered in 1885 was named ''Adventure'' but cancelled before launch.
The ninth ''Adventure'' was a river Gunboat launched in 1891, transferred to British Central Africa in 1896 and sold in 1921.
