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Eighteen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS ''Mercury'', or HMS ''Mercure'', after the God
Eighteen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS ''Mercury'', or HMS ''Mercure'', after the God Mercury
Mercury commonly refers to:
* Mercury (planet), the nearest planet to the Sun
* Mercury (element), a metallic chemical element with the symbol Hg
* Mercury (mythology), a Roman god
Mercury or The Mercury may also refer to:
Companies
* Merc ...
, of Roman mythology:
* was a 6-gun galley
A galley is a type of ship that is propelled mainly by oars. The galley is characterized by its long, slender hull, shallow draft, and low freeboard (clearance between sea and gunwale). Virtually all types of galleys had sails that could be used ...
launched in 1592 and sold in 1611.
* was a ship launched in 1620. Her fate is unknown.
* was a ship purchased in 1622. Her fate is unknown.
* was a 6-gun advice boat launched in 1694 and captured by a French privateer in 1697.
* was an 8-gun fireship purchased in 1739 and foundered in 1744.
* was a 16-gun brigantine
A brigantine is a two-masted sailing vessel with a fully square-rigged foremast and at least two sails on the main mast: a square topsail and a gaff sail mainsail (behind the mast). The main mast is the second and taller of the two masts.
Older ...
launched in 1744 and captured in 1745.
* was a 24-gun sixth rate launched in 1745 and broken up in 1753.
* was a 20-gun sixth rate launched in 1756 and wrecked in 1777.
* was an unrated schooner in service 1760–65.
* was a 28-gun sixth rate launched in 1779 and broken up in 1814.
* 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 ...
. She was formerly a French privateer that and captured in 1798. She was renamed HMS ''Trompeuse'' in 1799 and foundered in 1800.
* was a tender launched in 1807 and broken up in 1835.
* was a 46-gun fifth rate launched in 1826, used as a coal hulk from 1861 and sold in 1906.
* was a cutter
Cutter may refer to:
Tools
* Bolt cutter
* Box cutter, aka Stanley knife, a form of utility knife
* Cigar cutter
* Cookie cutter
* Glass cutter
* Meat cutter
* Milling cutter
* Paper cutter
* Side cutter
* Cutter, a type of hydraulic rescue to ...
tender launched in 1837, renamed ''YC6'' in 1866, HMS ''Plymouth'' in 1876, and sold in 1904.
* was an and despatch vessel launched in 1878, converted to a depot ship in 1906, and sold in 1919. She was to have been named HMS ''Columbine'' in 1912, but this did not happen.
* was an auxiliary minesweeper sunk during World War I.
* was a paddle steamer requisition during World War II for use as an auxiliary minesweeper which struck a mine and sank in 1940.
* was a Royal Naval Communications/Signal School located at the site of Leydene House near Petersfield, England. The establishment was in commission between 1941 and 1993.
See also
* was a 14-gunbrig
A brig is a type of sailing vessel defined by its rig: two masts which are both square rig, square-rigged. Brigs originated in the second half of the 18th century and were a common type of smaller merchant vessel or warship from then until the ...
launched at Bombay Dockyard in 1806 for the naval arm of the British East India Company and lost at sea in 1833.
* or ''Mercury Packet'', launched at Calcutta in 1806, sold at Java in 1822
References
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Mercury, Hms Royal Navy ship names