HMS Grecian
Four ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Grecian:
- HMS Grecian (1814) was the five-gun American letter of marque schooner Grecian captured in 1814, armed with 10 guns, and sold in 1822.
- HMS Grecian (1821) was the 10-gun revenue cutter Dolphin, that the Navy purchased and renamed in 1821, and sold in 1827.
- HMS Grecian (1838) was a 16-gun brig-sloop launched in 1838 and broken up in 1865.
- HMS Grecian (J352) was aCatherine-class minesweeper launched in the United States in 1943, transferred to the United Kingdom under Lend-lease, returned to the Americans in 1947, transferred by them to the Turkish Navy that same year, renamed Edincik, and stricken in 1974.
References
[edit]- 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.
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