HMS Unique
Three ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS ''Unique'': * was the French 10-gun schooner ''Harmonie'', captured from the French in 1804, and sunk while or after being recaptured by a French privateer A privateer is a private person or ship that engages in maritime warfare under a commission of war. Since robbery under arms was a common aspect of seaborne trade, until the early 19th century all merchant ships carried arms. A sovereign or deleg ... in 1806. * HMS ''Unique'' was HMS ''Netley'', captured by the French in 1806, and used by them as the 21-gun privateer ''Duquesne''. In 1807 HMS ''Blonde'' captured ''Duquesne'', which the Royal Navy returned to service as the 12-gun HMS ''Unique''. She was expended in an unsuccessful fireship attack in 1809. * was a U-class submarine launched in 1940 and sunk in 1942. {{DEFAULTSORT:Unique, Hms Royal Navy ship names ...
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Royal Navy
The Royal Navy (RN) is the United Kingdom's naval warfare force. Although warships were used by Kingdom of England, English and Kingdom of Scotland, Scottish kings from the early medieval period, the first major maritime engagements were fought in the Hundred Years' War against Kingdom of France, France. The modern Royal Navy traces its origins to the early 16th century; the oldest of the British Armed Forces, UK's armed services, it is consequently known as the Senior Service. From the middle decades of the 17th century, and through the 18th century, the Royal Navy vied with the Dutch Navy and later with the French Navy for maritime supremacy. From the mid 18th century, it was the world's most powerful navy until the World War II, Second World War. The Royal Navy played a key part in establishing and defending the British Empire, and four Imperial fortress colonies and a string of imperial bases a