The ''Aid'' class of Royal Navy ships were the only purpose-built
auxiliary ship
An auxiliary ship is a naval ship designed to support combatant ships and other naval operations. Auxiliary ships are not primary combatant vessels, though they may have some limited combat capacity, usually for purposes of self-defense.
Auxil ...
s constructed for the Navy during the Napoleonic Wars.
The vessels were designed in 1808 by the
Surveyors of the Navy for both transport and storage.
References
Ship classes of the Royal Navy
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