HMS Crane

Last updated October 05, 2021

At least seven vessels of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Crane.

HMS Crane (1590) was a 24-gun ship sold in 1629.
HMS Crane (1777) was a galley purchased in North America and sold in 1783.
HMS Crane (1806) was a 4-gun Cuckoo-class schooner wrecked in 1808.
HMS Crane (1809) was a Cruizer-class brig-sloop launched in 1809. She foundered with the loss of her entire crew in 1814.
HMS Crane (1839) was a packet brig of 6 guns launched in 1839 and sold in 1862.
HMS Crane (1896) was a Star-class destroyer launched in 1896 and broken up in 1919 after the end of World War I.
HMS Crane (U23) was a modified Black Swan-class sloop launched in 1942 and broken up in 1965.

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Seventeen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Dispatch, or the variant HMS Despatch:

Nine ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Zephyr after Zephyrus, the Greek god of the west wind:

Five ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Childers:

Seven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Victor:

Seven vessels of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Espoir, after the French word for "hope":

Ten ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Renard, or HMS Reynard, after the French for fox, and the anthropomorphic figure of Reynard:

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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.
Winfield, Rif (2008). British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793–1817: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth. ISBN 978-1-86176-246-7.

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