Jump to content

HMS Research

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Llammakey (talk | contribs) at 12:11, 30 May 2018 (fixed links). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Three ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Research. A fourth was planned and launched, but never entered service:

  • HMS Research (1846) was a tender purchased in 1846 and broken up in 1859.
  • HMS Research (1863) was an ironclad screw sloop built as HMS Trent but renamed in 1862 and launched in 1863. She was sold in 1884.
  • HMS Research (1888) was a paddle survey vessel built as HMS Investigator but renamed in 1887 and launched in 1888. She was sold in 1920.
  • HMS Research was to have been a survey vessel. She was launched in 1939 but was not completed, and was scrapped in 1952.