HMS Hearty
Several ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name Hearty -
- HMS Hearty (1805), a 12-gun brig, sold in 1816[1]
- HMS Hearty (1824), a Cherokee-class brig-sloop that became a Post Office Packet Service packet, sailing out of Falmouth, Cornwall. On 12 September 1827, she sailed from Falmouth for Jamaica, under the command of Lieutenant Jewry or Jawry, RN, and with 35 persons on board. She was sighted within a few days sail of Barbados, but never reached that island.[2] She disappeared, believed to have foundered with all hands, in 1827.[3]
- HMS Hearty (1854), a paddle tug, formerly Merry Monarch, purchased in 1855; broken up in 1876[4]
- HMS Hearty (1885), a surveying ship
- HMS Hearty II (1907), a drifter, hired 1915-1919[5]
- HMS Hearty (H57), an H-class destroyer
Citations
[edit]- ^ Colledge (1969), p. 260.
- ^ Pawlyn (2003), p. 132.
- ^ Hepper (1994), p. 159.
- ^ Lyon & Winfield (2004), p. 171.
- ^ Colledge (1970), p. 163.
References
[edit]- Colledge, J J (1969). Ships of the Royal Navy: An Historical Index, Vol.1. Newton Abbot: David & Charles.
- Colledge, J J (1970). Ships of the Royal Navy: An Historical Index, Vol.2. Newton Abbot: David & Charles.
- Hepper, David J. (1994). British Warship Losses in the Age of Sail, 1650-1859. Rotherfield: Jean Boudriot. ISBN 0-948864-30-3. OCLC 622348295.
- Lyon, David; Winfield, Rif (2004). The Sail & Steam Navy List : All the Ships of the Royal Navy, 1815-1889. London: Chatham. ISBN 1-86176-032-9.
- Pawlyn, Tony (2003). The Falmouth Packets, 1689–1851. Truran. ISBN 9781850221753.
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