HMS Ringdove
Seven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Ringdove, another name for the Barbary dove:
- HMS Ringdove (1806) was an 18-gun Template:Sclass- launched in 1806 and sold in 1829.
- HMS Ringdove (1833) was a 16-gun brig-sloop launched in 1833 and broken up in 1850.
- HMS Ringdove (1856) was a wooden screw gunvessel launched in 1856, sold in 1865 and broken up in 1866.
- HMS Ringdove (1867) was a wooden screw gunvessel launched in 1867 and sold in 1882.
- HMS Ringdove (1889) was a Template:Sclass- composite screw gunboat launched in 1889. She became a salvage vessel in 1915 and was renamed HMS Melita. Sold to Ship Salvage Corporation in 1920,[1] and renamed Telima, she was broken up in 1926.[2]
- HMS Ringdove was a salvage vessel, launched in 1888 as the Template:Sclass- composite screw sloop HMS Melita (1888). She was renamed HMS Ringdove on her conversion in 1915 and was sold in 1920.
- HMS Ringdove (1938) was a Template:Sclass- launched in 1938 and sold to the Pakistani government in 1950 as a pilot vessel.
References
- ^ Winfield, R.; Lyon, D. (2004). The Sail and Steam Navy List: All the Ships of the Royal Navy 1815–1889. London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-032-6. OCLC 52620555.
- ^ "1132764". Miramar Ship Index. Retrieved 8 July 2009.
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