HMS Alarm

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Ten ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Alarm, whilst another was planned but later cancelled:

HMS Alarm (1758) was a 32-gun fifth rate frigate, launched in 1758. She was the first Royal Navy ship to have a fully copper sheathed hull. She was broken up in 1812.
HMS Alarm (1763) was a 4-gun cutter purchased in 1763 and sold in 1780.
HM galley Alarm was a galley purchased in 1777 and scuttled to avoid capture in July 1778.
HMS Alarm (1799) was a 24-gun sixth rate captured from the Dutch in 1799, and renamed Helder and then Heldin in 1800 and sold in 1802.
HMS Alarm (1810) was a lugger of eight carronades transferred from Customs in 1810 and returned to Customs in 1812 or 1813.
HMS Alarm was to be a 28-gun sixth rate laid down in 1832 and cancelled later that year.
HMS Alarm (1845) was a 28-gun sixth rate launched in 1845. She was converted into a coal hulk in 1860 and sold in 1904.
HMS Alarm (1892) was an Alarm-class torpedo gunboat, launched in 1892 and sold in 1907.^[1]^[2]
HMS Alarm (1910) was an Acorn-class destroyer, launched in 1910 and sold in 1921.^[3]
HMS Alarm (1940) was the former Saint-class naval tug Saint Ewe built in 1919 and hired from the Iraqi Government in 1940 as a minesweeper; renamed Alarm II in 1942 and returned in 1946.^[4]
HMS Alarm (J140) was an Algerine-class minesweeper launched in 1942, damaged by German aircraft in 1943, and declared a constructive total loss. She was scrapped in 1944.^[5]

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References

↑ "Torpedo Gunboats".
↑ "A special Exmouth RNLI welcome for the new generation of inshore lifeboat" (PDF). Exmouth Lifeboats. RNLI. 30 September 2006. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 February 2012.
↑ "Acorn Class".
↑ Colledge, J J (1970). Ships of the Royal Navy: An Historical Index, Vol.2. Newton Abbot: David & Charles. pp. 17, 314.
↑ http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/3748.html

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[1] "Torpedo Gunboats".

[2] "A special Exmouth RNLI welcome for the new generation of inshore lifeboat" (PDF). Exmouth Lifeboats. RNLI. 30 September 2006. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 February 2012.

[3] "Acorn Class".

[4] Colledge, J J (1970). Ships of the Royal Navy: An Historical Index, Vol.2. Newton Abbot: David & Charles. pp. 17, 314.

[5] ttp://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/3748.html

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