HMS Ferret

Last updated May 31, 2022

Fifteen ships and two shore establishments of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Ferret, after the domestic mammal, the Ferret:

HMS Ferret (1704) was a 10-gun sloop launched in 1704 that the French captured in 1706.
HMS Ferret (1711) was a 10-gun sloop launched in 1711 that the Spanish captured in 1718.
HMS Ferret (1721) was a 6-gun sloop launched in 1721 and sold in 1731.
HMS Ferret (1743) was a 14-gun sloop launched in 1743; she foundered in a hurricane in 1757.
HMS Ferret (1760) was a 14-gun sloop launched in 1760; she foundered in a hurricane in 1776.
HMS Ferret (1763) was a 6-gun cutter launched in 1763 and sold in 1781.
HMS Ferret (1784) was a 12-gun brig-sloop launched in 1784 and sold in 1801; she then became a whaler, making six voyages to Brazil, the South Pacific, and New Zealand between 1802 and 1815.
HMS Ferret (1794) was a 4-gun gunboat. She was a Dutch hoy purchased in 1794 and sold in 1802.
HMS Ferret (1799) was a 6-gun schooner purchased in 1799 that the Spanish captured that same year.
HMS Ferret (1806) was an 18-gun Cruizer-class brig-sloop launched in 1806 and wrecked in 1813.
HMS Ferret was a 14-gun gun-brig, previously the American privateer Rapid. After HMS Maidstone captured her in 1813 she became HMS Nova Scotia. The Admiralty renamed her HMS Ferret in 1813 and sold her in 1820.
HMS Ferret (1821) was a 10-gun Cherokee-class brig-sloop launched in 1821 and sold in 1837.
HMS Ferret (1840) was an 8-gun brig launched in 1840 and wrecked in 1869.
HMS Ferret (1893) was a Ferret-class destroyer, later merged into the A class. She was launched in 1893, was dismantled in 1910 and sunk as a target in 1911.
HMS Ferret (1911) was an Acheron-class destroyer launched in 1911 and sold in 1921.
HMS Ferret (1940 shore establishment) was the Royal Navy's shore base at Londonderry, Northern Ireland between 1940 and 1947.
HMS Ferret (1982 shore establishment) is a Royal Naval Reserve training centre formed in 1989 at the Intelligence Corps centre in Ashford, Kent. The unit transferred with the Corps and the Defence Intelligence and Security Centre to Chicksands in 1997.

Related Research Articles

Ten ships and one shore establishment of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Hornet, after the insect:

Sixteen vessels and two shore establishments of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Phoenix, after the legendary phoenix bird.

Fifteen ships of the British Royal Navy have carried the name HMS Tiger after the feline tiger, with a number of others provisionally bearing the name at various stages in their construction:

Eighteen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name Hunter:

Ten Royal Navy ships have been named HMS Lynx after the wild cat:

Eight ships and one shore establishment of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Badger, after the Eurasian badger:

Sixteen ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Lively. Another was planned, but renamed before being launched:

Sixteen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Wolf or HMS Woolf, after the mammal the wolf:

Nine ships and one shore establishment of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Wasp, with one other government vessel using the name:

Several vessels of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Vulture, including:

Twelve ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Mosquito, or the archaic HMS Musquito, after the tropical insect, the Mosquito:

Eleven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Weazel or HMS Weazle, archaic spellings of weasel, while another was planned:

Three ships and a shore establishment of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Attack:

Eighteen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Hind or HMS Hynd:

Five ships and a shore establishment of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Goshawk, after the bird of prey, the goshawk. A sixth ship was renamed before being launched:

HMS Swift has been the name of numerous ships of the Royal Navy:

This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.

HMS Ferret

See also

Related Research Articles