HMS Guardian
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Three ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Guardian:
- HMS Guardian was a 44-gun fifth rate launched in 1784, and converted to a transport ship in 1789. She struck an iceberg in the Southern Ocean that year, but was successfully beached, before being wrecked in a hurricane.
- HMS Guardian was a net-laying and photographic ship launched in 1932 and scrapped in 1962.
- HMS Guardian was a support ship bought for service in the Falkland Islands. She had originally been the civilian Seaforth Champion. She was sold in 1987.
[edit] References
- 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. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8. OCLC 67375475.
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