Eight 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 ''Satellite'':
* was a 16-gun
brig-sloop
In the 18th century and most of the 19th, a sloop-of-war in the Royal Navy was a warship with a single gun deck that carried up to eighteen guns. The rating system covered all vessels with 20 guns and above; thus, the term ''sloop-of-war'' enc ...
launched in 1806. She foundered in 1810.
* was an 18-gun launched in 1812 and sold in 1824.
* 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 ...
launched in 1826 and broken up in 1849.
* was a paddle
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 1840 and listed until 1860.
* was 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 ...
launched in 1855 and broken up in 1879.
* was a composite screw corvette launched in 1881. She was used as a drill ship for the
Royal Naval Reserve
The Royal Naval Reserve (RNR) is one of the two volunteer reserve forces of the Royal Navy in the United Kingdom. Together with the Royal Marines Reserve, they form the Maritime Reserve. The present RNR was formed by merging the original Ro ...
from 1904 and was sold in 1947.
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HMS ''Satellite'' was an launched in 1942 as . She was renamed HMS ''Satellite'' on becoming a drill ship in 1947. The name reverted to ''Melita'' in 1951, and she was sold for scrapping in 1959.
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HMS ''Satellite'' was an ''Algerine''-class minesweeper launched in 1943 as . She was renamed HMS ''Satellite'' on becoming a drill ship in 1951, and was sold in 1958.
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Royal Navy ship names