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Several ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS ''Redbreast'', after the European robin. * , a 12-gun brig launched in 1805 and converted to a customs hulk in 1815, and later a hospital ship, scrapped in 1850. * , a mortar vessel launched in 1855, renamed ''MV-19'' a few months later, and broken up in 1865. * , an screw gunboat launched in 1856 and broken up in 1864. * , a launched in 1889 and scrapped in 1910. * , a requisitioned passenger/cargo ship, formerly SS ''Redbreast'' used as a messenger ship, fleet auxiliary and Q-ship during World War I, and torpedoed in July 1917. The name may also refer to HMC ''Redbreast'', a customs and excise cutter launched at Woolwich in 1817 and sold in 1850.


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Redbreast, HMS Royal Navy ship names