Six ships of the
Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Simoom, after the desert wind, the
Simoom:
HMS Simoom was to have been a wooden paddle
frigate, but she was renamed
HMS Terrible in 1842, prior to being launched in 1845.
HMS Simoom (1849) was an iron screw frigate launched in 1849. She was converted to a
troopship in 1852 and was sold in 1887.
HMS Simoom was previously
HMS Monarch, an iron screw ship launched in 1868 and converted to a
guardship in 1897, and a
depot ship in 1904, when she was renamed HMS Simoom. She was sold in 1905.
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.
Six ships of the
Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Simoom, after the desert wind, the
Simoom:
HMS Simoom was to have been a wooden paddle
frigate, but she was renamed
HMS Terrible in 1842, prior to being launched in 1845.
HMS Simoom (1849) was an iron screw frigate launched in 1849. She was converted to a
troopship in 1852 and was sold in 1887.
HMS Simoom was previously
HMS Monarch, an iron screw ship launched in 1868 and converted to a
guardship in 1897, and a
depot ship in 1904, when she was renamed HMS Simoom. She was sold in 1905.
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.