Six ships of the
Royal Navy
The Royal Navy (RN) is the United Kingdom's naval warfare force. Although warships were used by English and Scottish kings from the early medieval period, the first major maritime engagements were fought in the Hundred Years' War against F ...
have been called HMS ''Imogen'' or HMS ''Imogene''. A seventh was planned but never built:
* was an 18-gun
sloop
A sloop is a sailboat with a single mast typically having only one headsail in front of the mast and one mainsail aft of (behind) the mast. Such an arrangement is called a fore-and-aft rig, and can be rigged as a Bermuda rig with triangular sa ...
, originally the French
privateer
A privateer is a private person or ship that engages in maritime warfare under a commission of war. Since robbery under arms was a common aspect of seaborne trade, until the early 19th century all merchant ships carried arms. A sovereign or deleg ...
''Diable-a-Quatre''. She was captured in 1800 and foundered in 1805.
* was a 16-gun
brig-sloop launched in 1805 and sold in 1817.
* was a 28-gun
sixth rate, originally named HMS ''Pearl'', but renamed in 1826 and launched in 1831. She was burnt by accident in 1840.
* HMS ''Imogene'' was to have been a wooden screw
corvette
A corvette is a small warship. It is traditionally the smallest class of vessel considered to be a proper (or " rated") warship. The warship class above the corvette is that of the frigate, while the class below was historically that of the slo ...
, ordered in 1861 but cancelled in 1863.
* was a Coastguard vessel launched in 1864. She was renamed HMS ''Argus'' in 1884 and was sold in 1903.
* was an iron screw
yacht
A yacht is a sailing or power vessel used for pleasure, cruising, or racing. There is no standard definition, though the term generally applies to vessels with a cabin intended for overnight use. To be termed a , as opposed to a , such a pleasu ...
, formerly the ''Jacamar'', built in 1882 by Barclay, Curle & Co, Glasgow. She was purchased in 1882, renamed HMS ''Impey'' in 1919 and was sold later that year.
* was an launched in 1936 and sunk in a collision in 1940.
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Royal Navy ship names