HMS Surprize, an 18-gun
sloop, formerly the American
privateerBunker Hill, of Salem, captured on 23 December 1778 at Grand Cul De Sac Bay,
Saint Lucia and sold in 1783. The French may have purchased her with her becoming the Surprise that was broken up at Rochefort in 1789.[1]
HMS Surprise (1796), originally the French corvette Unité, launched in 1794, captured in 1796 by
HMS Inconstant; the Royal Navy reclassified her as a sixth-rate
frigate. She was sold in 1802. This is the ship featured in the
Aubrey–Maturin series.
HMS Surprise (1812), a 38-gun frigate, previously named Jacobs and launched in 1812. She was hulked as a
prison ship in 1822 and sold in 1837.
HMS Surprise (1896), a luxury yacht built in 1896 by Ailsa Shipbuilding for a wealthy Philadelphia banker. Was the Royal Yacht of King Leopold II of Belgium 1899-1909, Later in Russian Navy service as Razsvet. Seized from Russia in 1918 and commissioned as a dispatch vessel. She was named Surprise in 1920. She was sold in 1923 but returned to service in 1939 and was renamed HMS Surprise. She caught fire and sank off Lagos Harbor in 1942.
HMS Surprise (K346), a
Bay-class frigate. She had been laid down as HMS Loch Carron but was renamed HMS Gerrans Bay in 1944 before being launched in 1945. She was renamed HMS Surprise and used as a despatch vessel later that year, and was broken up in 1965.
Demerliac, Alain (1996) La Marine De Louis XVI: Nomenclature Des Navires Français De 1774 À 1792. (Nice: Éditions OMEGA).
ISBN2-906381-23-3
List of ships with the same or similar names
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list of ships with the same or similar names. If an
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HMS Surprize, an 18-gun
sloop, formerly the American
privateerBunker Hill, of Salem, captured on 23 December 1778 at Grand Cul De Sac Bay,
Saint Lucia and sold in 1783. The French may have purchased her with her becoming the Surprise that was broken up at Rochefort in 1789.[1]
HMS Surprise (1796), originally the French corvette Unité, launched in 1794, captured in 1796 by
HMS Inconstant; the Royal Navy reclassified her as a sixth-rate
frigate. She was sold in 1802. This is the ship featured in the
Aubrey–Maturin series.
HMS Surprise (1812), a 38-gun frigate, previously named Jacobs and launched in 1812. She was hulked as a
prison ship in 1822 and sold in 1837.
HMS Surprise (1896), a luxury yacht built in 1896 by Ailsa Shipbuilding for a wealthy Philadelphia banker. Was the Royal Yacht of King Leopold II of Belgium 1899-1909, Later in Russian Navy service as Razsvet. Seized from Russia in 1918 and commissioned as a dispatch vessel. She was named Surprise in 1920. She was sold in 1923 but returned to service in 1939 and was renamed HMS Surprise. She caught fire and sank off Lagos Harbor in 1942.
HMS Surprise (K346), a
Bay-class frigate. She had been laid down as HMS Loch Carron but was renamed HMS Gerrans Bay in 1944 before being launched in 1945. She was renamed HMS Surprise and used as a despatch vessel later that year, and was broken up in 1965.
Demerliac, Alain (1996) La Marine De Louis XVI: Nomenclature Des Navires Français De 1774 À 1792. (Nice: Éditions OMEGA).
ISBN2-906381-23-3
List of ships with the same or similar names
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.