Three vessels 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 borne the name HMS ''Emulous'', meaning "Eager or ambitious to equal or surpass another":
* was a launched in 1806 and wrecked in 1812.
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HMS ''Emulous'' (1812) was the American
schooner
A schooner () is a type of sailing vessel defined by its rig: fore-and-aft rigged on all of two or more masts and, in the case of a two-masted schooner, the foremast generally being shorter than the mainmast. A common variant, the topsail schoon ...
USS ''Nautilus'', which the British captured in 1812; she was sold in 1817.
* was a launched in 1819. In 1823 she became a
packet
Packet may refer to:
* A small container or pouch
** Packet (container), a small single use container
** Cigarette packet
** Sugar packet
* Network packet, a formatted unit of data carried by a packet-mode computer network
* Packet radio, a form ...
when the Royal Navy took over the
Post Office Packet Service
The Post Office Packet Service dates to Tudor times and ran until 1823, when the Admiralty assumed control of the service. Originally, the Post Office used packet ships to carry mail packets to and from British embassies, colonies and outposts. Th ...
. In 1843 she was turned over to the Coast Guard. In 1864 she was renamed ''WV13''. She was sold in 1865 for breaking up.
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Royal Navy ship names