HMS Seamew

Last updated December 28, 2021

Three ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Seamew, another name for the common gull:

HMS Seamew (1857) was a coastguard vessel, transferred from the Board of Customs in 1857 and sold in 1906.
HMT Seamew (1909) the trawler Nunthorpe Hall built in 1909 purchased by the Admiralty that April and converted into a First World War minesweeper, based at Sheerness in 1914, sold back to fishing use in 1920.
HMS Seamew (1928) was a river gunboat launched in 1928 and sold in 1947.

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