HMS Nancy

Three ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Nancy.

• HMS Nancy (1794) was a 72-ton fireship bought in April 1794 and sold in December 1801.
• HMS Nancy (1808) was a 16-gun brig purchased in South America in 1808 (confirmed in 1809) and sold in 1813.
• HMS Nancy was a mercantile schooner launched at Detroit in 1789 that served the Provincial Marine as a supply ship during the War of 1812. The Royal Navy acquired her from the Provincial Marine in 1814; her crew scuttled her on 14 August 1814 to prevent her capture.

See also

• HM Hired armed cutter Nancy

References

• Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of All Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy from the 15th Century to the Present (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN   978-1-86176-281-8. OCLC   67375475.