HMS Sepoy

Last updated December 28, 2021

Two ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Sepoy, whilst another two were planned but never entered service:

HMS Sepoy was to have been a wooden Rifleman-class screw gunvessel. She was ordered in 1846 but was cancelled in 1849.
HMS Sepoy (1856) was a wooden Albacore-class screw gunboat launched in 1856 and broken up in 1868.
HMS Sepoy (1918) was an S-class destroyer launched in 1918 and sold in 1932.
HMS Sepoy was to have been a Catherine-class minesweeper. She was launched in 1943 but retained by the US Navy as USS Dextrous.

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