Talisman (ship)
Numerous vessels have borne the name Talisman, including:
- French aviso Talisman, launched for the French navy at Le Havre in 1862 and also used as an oceanographical survey ship[1]
- Talisman (1864), built as American Civil War blockade runner[2]
- Talisman (1896), a Clyde paddle steamer that served the railway companies until 1934[3]
- HMS Louis (1913), a destroyer originally named HMS Talisman but renamed Louis while under construction
- HMS Talisman (1915), one of four Talisman-class destroyers, taken over by the Royal Navy during the First World War
- DEPV Talisman, a Clyde paddle vessel that served the railway companies until 1967[4]
- HMS Talisman (N78), a submarine commissioned in 1940 and sunk in 1942
- Talisman UUV, an autonomous unmanned mini-sub, launched in 2004
- Two steamboats Talisman associated with Abraham Lincoln and his home at New Salem, Illinois which were built in 1832 and 1961
- Talismán (ship), an iron hull ship transport of the Peruvian Navy built in Glasgow that served during the War of the Pacific (1879–1883)
See also[edit]
- HMS Talisman, the name of more than one ship of the Royal Navy
- Talisman UUV, a fully autonomous unmanned mini-sub
References[edit]
- ^ Winfield, Rif (2015). French Warships in the Age of Sail, 1786–1861. Barnsley: Seaforth. p. 1864?. ISBN 9781848323537. Retrieved 25 February 2020.
- ^ Wise, Stephen R (1988). Lifeline of the Confederacy. Columbia: University of South Carolina Press. pp. 206–208, 323. ISBN 0-87249-799-2.
- ^ Deayton, Alistair (30 August 2013). Directory of Clyde Paddle Steamers. Stroud: Amberley. p. 219. ISBN 9781445614878.
- ^ Deayton, Alistair (30 August 2013). Directory of Clyde Paddle Steamers. Stroud: Amberley. pp. 234–235. ISBN 9781445614878.
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