Four 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 been named HMS ''Turquoise''. * , an in service 1876–1892 * , a fleet messenger sunk in the Atlantic by on 31 July 1915 * , an in service 1919–1928 and sold 1932 * , a

naval trawler Naval trawlers are vessels built along the lines of a fishing trawler but fitted out for naval purposes; they were widely used during the First and Second World Wars. Some—known in the Royal Navy as "Admiralty trawlers"— were purpose-built to ...

, damaged on 31 August 1942 after colliding with the destroyer which lost control after an attack by German aircraft

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