HMS George

Thirteen vessels of the Royal Navy and its predecessors have borne the name George.

• George was a ship built in 1338 on the River Hamble.
• George (1416) was a Genoese carrack of 600 tons (bm) that the British captured on 15 August 1416 and that the navy sold on 10 August 1425
• George was a balinger of 120 tons (bm), built at Smallhithe in 1420 and sold in August 1425.
• George (1564) was a ship of 80 tons (bm) and 28 guns, purchased in 1564 and listed until 1557.
• George was a hoy of 50 tons (bm), listed 1564–1585.
• Gerge was a hoy of 100 tons (bm), purchased in 1588 and listed until 1603.
• George was a fire ship listed in 1652.
• HMS George (1672) was a Dutch dogger of 8 guns, captured in 1672 and sold in 1674.
• HMS George was a fire ship of six guns and 393 tons (bm), purchased in 1672 and sunk as a foundation at Sheerness in 1674.
• HMS George (1755) was a schooner on the Canadian Lakes listed in 1755 that the French captured at Oswego on 14 August 1756.
• George was a hired ship's tender listed in 1774 and wrecked on 26 December 1776 in poor weather at Piscatagua, New Hampshire.
• HMS George (1796) was a sloop of six guns and 105 tons (bm), captured in 1796 that two Spanish privateers captured in the West Indies on 3 January 1798.
• HMS George (1794) was a sailing barge of 61 tons (bm) and two or three guns purchased in March 1794 and sold in October 1798.

References

• Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2010) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (4th Rev. ed.). London: Chatham. ISBN 978-1-935149-07-1.
• Hepper, David J. (1994). British Warship Losses in the Age of Sail, 1650–1859. Rotherfield: Jean Boudriot. ISBN 0-948864-30-3.