HMS Sturgeon

Last updated December 28, 2021

Three ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Sturgeon, after the Sturgeon, a freshwater fish:

HMS Sturgeon (1894) was an A-class destroyer of the Sturgeon subgroup launched in 1894 and sold in 1910.
HMS Sturgeon (1917) was an R-class destroyer launched in 1917 and sold in 1926.
HMS Sturgeon (73S) was an S-class submarine launched in 1932. She was transferred to the Royal Netherlands Navy between 1943 and 1945, when she was renamed Zeehond. She was broken up in 1946.

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