Five 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 borne the name HMS ''Pike'', after the
Northern pike
The northern pike (''Esox lucius'') is a species of carnivorous fish of the genus '' Esox'' (the pikes). They are typical of brackish and fresh waters of the Northern Hemisphere (''i.e.'' holarctic in distribution). They are known simply as a ...
, a species of fish:
* was a 4-gun launched in 1804 and captured by a 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 ...
in 1807. recaptured her in 1808, and she reentered naval service; her ultimate fate is currently not clear.
* was the French privateer schooner ''Gipsey'', captured in 1806, and was renamed ''Pike'' in 1808 but reverted to her previous name after the recapture of ''Pike''. She foundered in 1810.
* was a 14-gun schooner, previously the American ''Dart''. She was captured in 1813 and was wrecked in 1836.
* was a wooden paddle
packet
Packet may refer to:
* A small container or pouch
** Packet (container), a small single use container
** Cigarette packet
** Sugar packet
* Network packet, a formatted unit of data carried by a packet-mode computer network
* Packet radio, a form ...
launched in 1824 as the
General Post Office
The General Post Office (GPO) was the state postal system and telecommunications carrier of the United Kingdom until 1969. Before the Acts of Union 1707, it was the postal system of the Kingdom of England, established by Charles II in 1660. ...
's ''Spitfire''. She was transferred to the Royal Navy in 1837 and was broken up in 1868.
* was an iron screw
gunboat
A gunboat is a naval watercraft designed for the express purpose of carrying one or more guns to bombard coastal targets, as opposed to those military craft designed for naval warfare, or for ferrying troops or supplies.
History Pre-steam ...
launched in 1872. She became a boom defence vessel in 1908 and was sold in 1920.
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Royal Navy ship names