HMS ''Helena'' has been the name of several British
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 ...
ships, and may refer to:
* , a 14-gun sloop built in 1775, placed on the sale list in 1779, renamed HMS ''Helena'' in 1801 while awaiting sale, and sold in 1802
* was a 14-gun sloop that the Royal Navy purchased in 1778. (She may originally have been a French vessel named ''Hélene''.) The French captured her in September 1778, and took her into service under her existing name, or perhaps as ''Helene''. recaptured her on 22 June 1779. A storm drove her ashore on the Dutch coast on 3 November 1796; there were no survivors.
[Hepper (1994), p.82.]
* , an 18-gun sloop launched in 1804 and sold in 1814
* , a 10-gun brig-sloop ordered in 1826 but cancelled in 1831
* , a 16-gun brig-sloop launched in 1843, hulked in 1861, and sold in 1921
* , a drifter requisitioned from 1915 to 1919
Citations
References
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* Demerliac, Alain (1996) ''La Marine De Louis XVI: Nomenclature Des Navires Français De 1774 À 1792''. (Nice: Éditions OMEGA).
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Royal Navy ship names