Eddystone (ship)

Several ships have been named Eddystone, initially for the Eddystone Rocks:

• Eddystone (1802 ship) (or Eddistone) was launched at Kingston-upon-Hull. She then sailed for the North West Company. The French Navy captured her in 1806 but an armed ship of the Royal Navy recaptured her within weeks. She next sailed for the Hudson's Bay Company (HBC) from 1807 to about 1824. She then traded generally until May 1843 when she was wrecked.
• Eddystone, of 233 tons (bm) was launched at Hull in 1809 and was last listed in 1811.
• MV Eddystone (2002) was launched by Flensburger Schiffbau as one of six roll-on/roll-off Point-class sealift ships whose construction the British Department of Defence financed so that they would be available for use as naval auxiliaries when needed.