Seven ships of the
Royal Navy have borne the name HMS ''Alexander'':
* was a 12-gun
fireship captured in 1688 and accidentally burned in 1689.
* was a 74-gun
third-rate launched in 1778. She was captured by the French in 1794 but was recaptured in 1795. She was hulked in 1805 and was broken up in 1819.
* was a store ship in service between 1788 and 1790.
* was a 6-gun
schooner
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purchased in 1796 and sold in 1802.
* was an 80-gun
second-rate captured from the French in 1806. She was used for harbour service from 1811 and sold in 1822.
* HMS ''Alexander'' was a former
Imperial Russia
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n
icebreaker, previously named ''
Saint Alexander Nevsky
Alexander Yaroslavich Nevsky (russian: Александр Ярославич Невский; ; 13 May 1221 – 14 November 1263) served as Prince of Novgorod (1236–40, 1241–56 and 1258–1259), Grand Prince of Kiev (1236–52) and Grand P ...
''. She was seized after the
October Revolution in 1917 and commissioned as HMS ''Alexander''. She was returned to the
White Russians in 1919. She was renamed ''Lenin'' by the
Soviet Union.
Civilian vessels named ''Alexander'' in naval service:
* , of 252 tons (
bm), was built in Aberdeen. The Admiralty hired her for a discovery expedition between 1818 and 1819. She sailed with another hired vessel, .
* was an iron
screw transport ship built in
Renfrew
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. She was manned by the Royal Navy and operated as a supply ship during the
New Zealand Wars. In 1865 she was wrecked near
Taranaki.
References
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