Several British ships have been named Perseverance

Royal Navy

Three ships of the

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have been named HMS ''Perseverance'': * was a 35-gun

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frigate launched in 1781, the nameship of the . She was sold in 1823. * was a wooden screw discovery sloop, previously the civilian ''Free Trade''. She was purchased in 1850 and briefly named HMS ''Perseverance''. She was renamed HMS ''Intrepid'' later in 1850 and was abandoned in the Arctic in 1854. * was an iron screw troopship, ordered as the Russian ''Sobraon'' before the

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and purchased by the Royal Navy from its builders in 1854. She was wrecked in 1860.

Admiralty

Also three large Admiralty tugs: *''Perseverance'' (1875) was a wood-hulled paddle tug for Devonport dockyard. She was broken up in 1911 *''Perseverance'' (1883) was the former paddle tug ''Meteor'', renamed in 1914. She was broken up in 1923 *''Perseverance'' (1931) was a screw salvage tug ''Imara'' of the Tanganyika Government, purchased in 1932. She was sold for breaking up in 1958

Royal Navy

Admiralty

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