Nine ships of the
Royal Navy
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have been named HMS ''Linnet'' after the
linnet, a bird of the
finch family:
* was a 14-gun
brig
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, originally named ''Speedwell'', which the French ship ''Gloire'' captured off
Madeira
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in 1813. She became the American privateer ''Bunkers Hill''.
''Pomone'' and recaptured her on 4 March 1814 but she was not taken back into Royal Navy service.
* was a 16-gun brig that operated on the Canadian Lakes.
* was a
survey
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cutter launched in 1817 and sold in 1833 for breaking up.
* was an 8-gun brig launched in 1835 and sold in 1866.
* was a
steam powered
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gunboat launched in 1860 and broken up in 1872.
* was a composite screw gunvessel launched in 1880. After she was sold in 1904, the ship was converted to a
salvage vessel.
* HMS ''Linnet'' was a tender originally named ''Napier of Magdala''. She was renamed ''Hasty'' in 1913 and sold in 1920.
* was a
destroyer
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, originally planned as HMS ''Havock''. She was launched in 1913 and sold in 1921.
* was a launched in 1938 and broken up in 1964.
See also
*
Linnet (disambiguation)
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References
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Royal Navy ship names