HMS Seahorse

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HMS Seahorse ( English : Seahorse ) was the name of ten warships of the Royal Navy :

  • The first HMS Seahorse was captured in 1626 and was last mentioned in 1635.
  • The second HMS Seahorse was a ship captured in 1654, used as a tender and sold in 1655.
  • The third HMS Seahorse , a Brander with 10 cannons, which was bought in 1694 by the Netherlands, was later used as a water tender and in 1698 scuttled.
  • The fourth HMS Seahorse was a 24-gun warship of the 6th rank , launched in 1694 and lost in 1704 due to shipwreck .
  • The fifth HMS Seahorse was also a ship of the 6th rank, which was launched in 1709 with 14 cannons and was lost in 1711 due to shipwreck.
  • The sixth HMS Seahorse , again a 6th rank ship, but with 20 cannons, was launched in 1712, was fundamentally rebuilt in 1727 and sold in 1748.
  • The seventh HMS Seahorse was a 24-gun frigate launched in Harwich in 1748 and sold in 1784.
  • The eighth HMS Seahorse was a 38-gun frigate that entered service in 1794 and sold in 1819.
  • The ninth HMS Seahorse , a 46-gun ship of the 5th rank, was launched in 1830, was converted into a screw frigate in 1847 and finally into a mortar ship in 1856 , later renamed Lavinia and used as a coal hulk and sold in 1902.
  • The tenth HMS Seahorse was an S-class submarine . The boat was launched on September 14, 1934 and has been missing in the North Sea since January 1940.

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