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Nine ships of the [[Royal Navy]] have been named '''HMS ''Magpie''''', after the bird, the [[magpie]]:
* The first {{HMS|Magpie|1806}} was a 4-gun [[schooner]] launched in 1806 and captured by the [[France|French]] in 1807.
* The second {{HMS|Magpie|1826}} was
* The third {{HMS|Magpie|1830}} was a 4-gun [[Cutter (ship)|cutter]] launched in 1830, used for dockyard service after 1845, being renamed ''YC6''. She was in service until at least 1880, and was possibly sold in 1908.
* The fourth {{HMS|Magpie|1855}} was a {{sclass
* The fifth {{HMS|Magpie|1868}} was a {{sclass|Plover|gunvessel|0}} screw
* The sixth {{HMS|Magpie|1889}} was a {{sclass|Redbreast|gunboat|0}} screw [[gunboat]] launched in 1889. She was used as a boom defence vessel from 1902, reverting to a gunboat in 1915, before being transferred for use as a depot ship later that year. She was sold in 1921.
* The seventh {{HMS|Magpie|U82}}, later F82, was a [[Black Swan-class sloop|Modified ''Black Swan''-class]] [[Sloop-of-war|sloop]] launched in 1943 and broken up after 1959.
* The eighth {{HMS|Magpie|1982}} was the [[Commercial trawler|trawler]] ''Hondo'' purchased in 1982 and used until 1996 for target practice.
* The ninth {{HMS|Magpie|H130}}
==Battle honours==
* Baltic 1855
* [[Benin Expedition of 1897|Benin]] 1897
* [[Battle of the Atlantic|Atlantic]] 1943–1944
* [[Invasion of Normandy|Normandy]] 1944
* [[Arctic convoys of World War II|Arctic]] 1944
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Latest revision as of 03:44, 15 April 2022
Nine ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Magpie, after the bird, the magpie:
- The first HMS Magpie (1806) was a 4-gun schooner launched in 1806 and captured by the French in 1807.
- The second HMS Magpie (1826) was launched at Jamaica in 1826 as the name vessel of her class. She was lost off Cuba two months after her launch.
- The third HMS Magpie (1830) was a 4-gun cutter launched in 1830, used for dockyard service after 1845, being renamed YC6. She was in service until at least 1880, and was possibly sold in 1908.
- The fourth HMS Magpie (1855) was a Dapper-class screw gunboat launched in 1855 and wrecked in 1864.
- The fifth HMS Magpie (1868) was a Plover-class screw gunboat launched in 1868, used as a survey vessel after 1878, and sold in 1885.
- The sixth HMS Magpie (1889) was a Redbreast-class screw gunboat launched in 1889. She was used as a boom defence vessel from 1902, reverting to a gunboat in 1915, before being transferred for use as a depot ship later that year. She was sold in 1921.
- The seventh HMS Magpie (U82), later F82, was a Modified Black Swan-class sloop launched in 1943 and broken up after 1959.
- The eighth HMS Magpie (1982) was the trawler Hondo purchased in 1982 and used until 1996 for target practice.
- The ninth HMS Magpie (H130) is an inshore survey vessel, commissioned on 28 June 2018.
Battle honours[edit]
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