HMS Bermuda
Eight vessels of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Bermuda, after the island of Bermuda.
- HMS Bermuda (1795) was a 14-gun brig-sloop purchased in 1795 that disappeared in September 1796 in the Gulf of Florida.[1]
- HMS Bermuda (1805) was an 18-gun sloop-of-war launched in 1805 and wrecked 22 April 1808 with no loss of life.[2]
- HMS Bermuda (1808) was a 10-gun brig-sloop built by John Pelham of Frindsbury and launched 1808; she was wrecked 16 November 1816, with the loss of one life.[3]
- HMS Bermuda (1813) was a pilot boat acquired in 1813 and broken up 1817.
- HMS Bermuda (1819) was a schooner purchased 1819 and foundered in March 1821 near Bermuda with the loss of her entire crew.[4]
- HMS Bermuda (1848) was a 3-gun schooner launched 1848 and wrecked 20 January 1855, with no loss of life.[5]
- AFD Bermuda was an Admiralty Floating Dock, towed to the Bermuda Dockyard in 1869 by HMS Warrior, HMS Black Prince and HMS Terrible.
- HMS Bermuda (C52) was a cruiser launched 1941 and broken up 1965.
See also
Sources
- ^ Hepper (1994), p. 81.
- ^ Hepper (1994), p. 123.
- ^ Hepper (1994), p. 155.
- ^ Hepper (1994), p. 157.
- ^ Hepper (1994), p. 168.
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.
- Hepper, David J. (1994). British Warship Losses in the Age of Sail, 1650–1859. Rotherfield: Jean Boudriot. ISBN 0-948864-30-3.
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