HMS Halifax

Six ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Halifax, after the English town of Halifax, West Yorkshire and the city of Halifax, Nova Scotia.

• HMS Halifax was a 22-gun sloop launched in 1756 and captured by the French in the same year at Oswego
• HMS Halifax was a 6-gun schooner purchased in 1768 and wrecked in 1775
• HMS Halifax was a schooner purchased in 1775 and sold 1780
• HMS Halifax was an 18-gun sloop, originally USS Ranger, renamed after the ship was captured from the United States Navy on 11 May 1780, and sold in 1781
• HMS Halifax was a 10-gun schooner purchased in 1782 and sold in 1784
• HMS Halifax was a 18-gun sloop launched in 1806 at Halifax, Nova Scotia and broken up in 1814

See also

• Ships of the Royal Canadian Navy named HMCS Halifax

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.