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Sixteen ships and two shore establishments of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Fox, after the fox.
The third USS Water Witch was a wooden-hulled, sidewheel gunboat in the United States Navy during the American Civil War. She is best known as the ship fired on by Paraguay in 1855. In 1864 she was captured by the Confederate States Navy, and subsequently was taken into that Navy as CSS Water Witch.
Numerous British vessels have borne the name Prince of Wales, after the then current Prince of Wales, the title borne by the heir-presumptive to the throne of the United Kingdom.
Ten ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Confiance:
HMS Charybdis was a Royal Navy Cruizer-class brig-sloop built by Mark Richards and John Davidson at Hythe, and launched in 1809. She captured two American prizes during the War of 1812 before she was laid up in 1815 and sold in 1819. She apparently then became the whaler Greenwich, which made three voyages for Samuel Enderby & Sons and one for Daniel Bennett & Son. She was wrecked in the Seychelles in 1833 on her fourth whaling voyage.
Five ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Pike, after the Northern pike, a species of fish:
Several sailing ships have been named William and Ann:
Several ships have been named Frederick:
Numerous British vessels that have served the British East India Company (EIC) have borne the name Prince of Wales, after the then current Prince of Wales, the title borne by the heir-presumptive to the throne of the United Kingdom.
Several vessels have been named Harriet, or Harriot:
Several vessels have borne the name Matilda:
Numerous vessels have borne the name Active :
Numerous vessels have been named Adventure:
Several vessels have been named Paragon:
William Rathbone was launched at Liverpool in 1809 as a West Indiaman. During her career she recaptured a British vessel, and was herself captured by an American privateer, but quickly recaptured by the Royal Navy. Later she traded with Africa, and eventually Calcutta. She burnt at sea in May 1846 when a cargo of jute underwent spontaneous combustion.
Several vessels have been named Loyal Sam:
Several vessels have been named Rachel or Rachael:
Several ships have been named Cossack, for the cossacks:
Several vessels have been named Tonyn for Patrick Tonyn:
References
- Cutler, Carl C. (1961) Queens of the Western Oceans: The Story of America's Mail and Passenger Sailing Lines. (Annapolis: United States Naval Institute).
- Singer, Steven Danforth (2019). More Shipwrecks of Florida : a Comprehensive Listing. Sarasota, Florida: Pineapple Press. ISBN 978-1-68334-037-9. OCLC 1120689507.
