A number of naval trawlers of the Royal Navy were named Agate:
A troopship is a ship used to carry soldiers, either in peacetime or wartime. Troopships were often drafted from commercial shipping fleets, and were unable to land troops directly on shore, typically loading and unloading at a seaport or onto smaller vessels, either tenders or barges.
Two vessels of the British Royal Navy have been named Juniper for the juniper:
Two ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name Egret, after the bird, the Egret:
Seven vessels of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Arab:
Eight ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Sapphire, after the Sapphire, a precious gemstone:
HMT may refer to:
Marigold may refer to:
Agate is a semi-precious stone.
USS Goldcrest is the name of three U.S. Navy warships:
Five ships and a shore establishment of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Cambridge, after the English town of Cambridge or after one of the Dukes of Cambridge:
Four ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Elk, another name for the European moose:
Three ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Seamew, another name for the common gull:
Three ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Laertes, after either Laertes, a figure in Greek mythology, or Laertes, a character in Shakespeare's Hamlet:
SS Gallois was a French collier built in 1917 as Tynemouth and later Lord Aberconway. She was one of seven merchant vessels which became stranded and then wrecked on Haisbro Sands off the Norfolk coast on 6 August 1941 during the Second World War as part of Convoy FS 559.
Convoy FS 559, eventually comprising ten merchant ships, was a British convoy in World War II which departed Methil, Scotland on 4 August 1941, then Newcastle-upon-Tyne, for Southend, Essex. The protecting force comprised the destroyers HMS Vimiera and HMS Wolsey, supported by HMT Agate and HMT Arkwright. On the night of 6 August, six merchant ships from the convoy and escort Agate ran aground on the Haisborough Sands. The Cromer lifeboat H.F. Bailey was the first to arrive, and rescued 16 men from the SS Oxshott, 31 from the SS Gallois, 19 from the Deerwood and 22 from Betty Hindley. The Cromer second lifeboat Harriot Dixon and the Great Yarmouth and Gorleston lifeboat Louise Stephens between them rescued a further 31 men.
Three ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Athenienne, or Athenian, or Athenien:
Four Danish research ships have carried the name Dana
At least two ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS or HMT Horatio:
Two vessels of the Royal Navy have borne the name Holly:
Four ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Turquoise.