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* The third [[HMS Herald (1890)|''Herald'']] was a paddle river [[gunboat]] launched in 1890 and sold in 1903. |
* The third [[HMS Herald (1890)|''Herald'']] was a paddle river [[gunboat]] launched in 1890 and sold in 1903. |
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* The fourth [[HMS Herald (1918)|''Herald'']] was a [[24 class sloop|24-class]] [[Minesweeper (ship)|minesweeping]] [[sloop-of-war|sloop]] launched as [[HMS Merry Hampton|''Merry Hampton'']] in 1918, renamed in 1923 and converted to a survey ship. She was scuttled in 1942 at [[Seletar]], raised by the Japanese, renamed ''Heiyo'', and sunk by a mine in 1944. |
* The fourth [[HMS Herald (1918)|''Herald'']] was a [[24 class sloop|24-class]] [[Minesweeper (ship)|minesweeping]] [[sloop-of-war|sloop]] launched as [[HMS Merry Hampton|''Merry Hampton'']] in 1918, renamed in 1923 and converted to a survey ship. She was scuttled in 1942 at [[Seletar]], raised by the Japanese, renamed ''Heiyo'', and sunk by a mine in 1944. |
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* The fifth [[HMS Herald (H138)|''Herald'' (H138)]] was a [[hydrographic]] survey ship launched in 1973 and sold in 2001. |
* The fifth [[HMS Herald (H138)|''Herald'' (H138)]] was a [[hydrography|hydrographic]] survey ship launched in 1973 and sold in 2001. |
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==See also== |
==See also== |
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Revision as of 18:16, 21 January 2010
Five ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Herald:
- The first Herald was an 18-gun ship sloop launched in 1806, re-classed as a 20-gun Sixth Rate in 1810 and 24-gun in 1817, and broken up in 1817.
- The second Herald was a 500-ton, 28-gun sixth-rate, launched as Termagant in 1822 and renamed in 1824. She served as a survey ship under Henry Mangles Denham and was sold in 1864.
- The third Herald was a paddle river gunboat launched in 1890 and sold in 1903.
- The fourth Herald was a 24-class minesweeping sloop launched as Merry Hampton in 1918, renamed in 1923 and converted to a survey ship. She was scuttled in 1942 at Seletar, raised by the Japanese, renamed Heiyo, and sunk by a mine in 1944.
- The fifth Herald (H138) was a hydrographic survey ship launched in 1973 and sold in 2001.
See also
External links
References
- Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.
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