HMS Enchantress
Five ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Enchantress:
- HMS Enchantress (1804) was the mercantile Enchantress launched at Ringmore in 1802 that the Navy bought in 1804 as an armed ship of 4 or 14 guns, re-rated as a brig-sloop, and used for harbour service from 1813. The Navy transferred her to the Revenue Service in August 1818.[1] She may have been in service until 1850.
- HMS Enchantress (1862) was a dispatch vessel launched in 1862, became the Admiralty yacht, sold for breaking up in 1889.[2]
- HMS Enchantress (1888) was a dispatch vessel launched in 1865 as HMS Helicon, renamed Enchantress in 1888, sold in 1905.
- HMS Enchantress (1903) was an Admiralty yacht launched in 1903, sold for breaking up in 1935.
- HMS Enchantress (L56) was a Template:Sclass- launched in 1934, sold in 1945 and renamed Lady Enchantress, broken up in 1952.
Citations and references
Citations
- ^ Winfield (2008), p.350.
- ^ Phillips, Lawrie (2014). Pembroke Dockyard and the Old Navy: A Bicentennial History. The History Press. ISBN 9780750955201.
References
- HMS Enchantress – britainsnavy.co.uk
- Winfield, Rif (2008). British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793–1817: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth. ISBN 1-86176-246-1.
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