Two vessels of the
Royal Navy have borne the name HMS ''Taku'' after the
Taku forts in
China
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.
* was a captured
destroyer
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larger vessels in a fleet, convoy or battle group and defend them against powerful short range attackers. They were originally developed in ...
. Originally built by
Schichau at
Elbing for the Chinese Navy in 1898, she displaced 305 tons, had a speed of , and was armed with six 3-pounder guns and two
torpedo tubes and had 58 crew. She was one of four captured from the Chinese during the
Boxer Rebellion
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in 1900. The four ships were shared between the navies of the UK,
France,
Imperial Germany and
Imperial Russia
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and until the Russian one was renamed ''Lieutenant Burakov'' each was named ''Taku'' (see
French ''Takou'',
German ''Taku'',
Russian ''Taku''). She displaced 305 tons, was 194 feet long and her produced 32 knots courtesy of her Schichau boilers. The British ''Taku'' was sold in
Hong Kong in 1916.
* was a
T-class submarine
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built by
Cammell Laird
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and launched in 1939. She served in
Second World War and was sold in 1946.
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Royal Navy ship names