Nine ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Linnet after the linnet, a bird of the finch family:
- HMS Linnet (1806) was a 14-gun brig, originally named Speedwell, which the French ship Gloire captured off Madeira in 1813. She became the American privateer Bunker's Hill. Pomone and Cydnus recaptured her on 4 March 1814 but she was not taken back into Royal Navy service. [1]
- HMS Linnet (1813) was a 16-gun brig that operated on the Canadian Lakes.
- HMS Linnet (1817) was a survey cutter launched in 1817 and sold in 1833 for breaking up.
- HMS Linnet (1835) was an 8-gun brig launched in 1835 and sold in 1866.
- HMS Linnet (1860) was a Britomart-class steam powered gunboat launched in 1860 and broken up in 1872.
- HMS Linnet (1880) was a composite screw gunvessel launched in 1880. After she was sold in 1904, the ship was converted to a salvage vessel.
- HMS Linnet was a tender originally named Napier of Magdala. She was renamed Hasty in 1913 and sold in 1920.
- HMS Linnet (1913) was a Laforey-class destroyer, originally planned as HMS Havock. She was launched in 1913 and sold in 1921.
- HMS Linnet (M69) was a Linnet-class minelayer launched in 1938 and broken up in 1964.
- ^ "No. 16874". The London Gazette. 26 March 1814. p. 651.
- Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.
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Nine ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Linnet after the linnet, a bird of the finch family:
- HMS Linnet (1806) was a 14-gun brig, originally named Speedwell, which the French ship Gloire captured off Madeira in 1813. She became the American privateer Bunker's Hill. Pomone and Cydnus recaptured her on 4 March 1814 but she was not taken back into Royal Navy service. [1]
- HMS Linnet (1813) was a 16-gun brig that operated on the Canadian Lakes.
- HMS Linnet (1817) was a survey cutter launched in 1817 and sold in 1833 for breaking up.
- HMS Linnet (1835) was an 8-gun brig launched in 1835 and sold in 1866.
- HMS Linnet (1860) was a Britomart-class steam powered gunboat launched in 1860 and broken up in 1872.
- HMS Linnet (1880) was a composite screw gunvessel launched in 1880. After she was sold in 1904, the ship was converted to a salvage vessel.
- HMS Linnet was a tender originally named Napier of Magdala. She was renamed Hasty in 1913 and sold in 1920.
- HMS Linnet (1913) was a Laforey-class destroyer, originally planned as HMS Havock. She was launched in 1913 and sold in 1921.
- HMS Linnet (M69) was a Linnet-class minelayer launched in 1938 and broken up in 1964.
- ^ "No. 16874". The London Gazette. 26 March 1814. p. 651.
- Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.
This article includes a
list of ships with the same or similar names. If an
internal link for a specific ship led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended ship article, if one exists.