HMS Elfin

Last updated December 25, 2021

HMS Elfin has been the name of more than one British Royal Navy ship, and may refer to:

HMS Elfin (1849), a paddle yacht launched in 1849 and used for many years as a despatch-boat by the royal court, placed on the sale list in 1901
HMS Elfin (1905), a tender, formerly the War Department vessel Dundas, transferred to the Royal Navy in 1905 and sold in 1928
HMS Elfin (1933), a torpedo recovery vessel launched in 1933, renamed Nettle in 1941, sold in 1957, and now preserved in the Netherlands as Elfin

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HMS Elfin was a torpedo recovery vessel built for the Royal Navy. She was built by J. Samuel White & Company, East Cowes, Isle of Wight, was launched on 20 November 1933 and commissioned on 16 January 1934. She was builder's number 1754. Her home port was the Navy's torpedo trials establishment HMS Vernon, and she was based at Portland. A sistership, Redwing, was constructed under builder's number 1753 and was stationed at HMS Defiance, Devonport. Elfin was renamed Nettle during the Second World War, and was later sold for scrapping. She survived in mercantile service, and has been preserved.

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