HMS Redbreast

Last updated October 11, 2021

Several ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Redbreast, after the European robin.

HMS Redbreast (1805), a 12-gun brig launched in 1805 and converted to a customs hulk in 1815, and later a hospital ship, scrapped in 1850.
HMS Redbreast (1855), a mortar vessel launched in 1855, renamed MV-19 a few months later, and broken up in 1865.
HMS Redbreast (1856), an Albacore-class screw gunboat launched in 1856 and broken up in 1864.
HMS Redbreast (1889), a Redbreast-class gunboat launched in 1889 and scrapped in 1910.
HMS Redbreast (1915), a requisitioned passenger/cargo ship, formerly SS Redbreast used as a messenger ship, fleet auxiliary and Q-ship during World War I, and torpedoed in July 1917.

The name may also refer to HMC Redbreast, a customs and excise cutter launched at Woolwich in 1817 and sold in 1850.

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Four ships of the Royal Navy and one shore establishment have borne the name HMS Goldfinch, probably after the bird the European goldfinch:

Eight ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Sparrow, after the sparrow:

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Six ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Whiting, after the common name for Merlangius merlangus, a species of fish:

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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.

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