HMS Egret

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Two ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name Egret, after the bird, the Egret:

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Egret Type of bird

Egrets are herons that have white or buff plumage, developing fine plumes during the breeding season. Egrets are not a biologically distinct group from herons and have the same build.

HMS <i>Egret</i> (L75) Lead ship of Egret-class sloop-of-war

HMS Egret was a sloop of the British Royal Navy, the lead ship of her class. She was built by J. Samuel White at Cowes, Isle of Wight, was launched on 31 May 1938, and entered service on 11 November that year. Egret served as a convoy escort with the Western Approaches Command from 1940 until her loss in August 1943: She was on anti-submarine patrol in the Bay of Biscay when she was sunk by a guided missile in combat, the first ship to be lost in this manner.

U-43 may refer to one of the following German submarines:

U-31 may refer to one of the following German submarines:

USS Plover is a name the United States Navy has used more than once in naming a vessel:

USS Condor is a name used more than once by the U.S. Navy:

U-100 may refer to one of the following German submarines:

SMY <i>Hohenzollern</i> List of ships with the same or similar names

SMY Hohenzollern was the name of several yachts used by the German Emperors between 1878 and 1918, named after their House of Hohenzollern.

USS Egret is a name used more than once by the U.S. Navy:

USS <i>Egret</i> (AMc-24)

USS Egret (AMc-24) was an Egret-class coastal minesweeper acquired by the U.S. Navy for the dangerous task of removing mines from minefields laid in the water to prevent ships from passing.

USS <i>Egret</i> (AMS-46)

USS Egret (AMS-46/YMS-136) was a YMS-1-class minesweeper of the YMS-135 subclass acquired by the U.S. Navy for the task of removing mines that had been placed in the water to prevent ships from passing.

U-101 may refer to one of the following German submarines:

U-95 may refer to one of the following German submarines:

U-110 may refer to one of the following German submarines:

<i>Egret</i>-class sloop

The Egret-class sloops were a three ship class of a long-range escort vessels used in the Second World War by the Royal Navy. They were an enlarged version of the Bittern class with an extra twin 4-inch gun mounting. They were fitted with Denny Brown stabilisers and the Fuze Keeping Clock anti-aircraft fire control system.

U-120 may refer to one of the following German submarines:

U-142 may refer to one of the following German submarines:

A number of steamships were named Red Jacket.

Three ships of the German Kaiserliche Marine have been named SMS Leipzig, after the Battle of Leipzig:

Two ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Auckland: