HMS Peacock
Appearance
Seven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Peacock:
- HMS Peacock (1651) was a ship captured in 1651 and sold in 1658.
- HMS Peacock (1806) was an 18-gun Template:Sclass- launched in 1806 and sunk by USS Hornet in 1813.
- HMS Peacock was an 18-gun sloop, previously USS Wasp. She was captured in 1812, renamed Loup Cervier, renamed Peacock in 1813, and foundered in 1814.
- HMS Peacock (1856) was a wooden screw Template:Sclass- launched in 1856 and broken up in 1869.
- HMS Peacock (1888) was a composite screw gunboat launched in 1888 and sold in 1906.
- HMS Peacock (U96) was a Template:Sclass- sloop launched in 1943 and scrapped in 1958.
- HMS Peacock (P239) was a Template:Sclass- launched in 1982 and sold in 1997 to the Philippine Navy, which re-designated her the Template:Sclass- BRP Emilio Jacinto (PS-35).
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 Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.