Speedwell

Speedwell stands for

geographical objects:

Companies:

Speedwell Motor and Engineering Company , former British automobile manufacturer
Speedwell Motor Car Company , former American automobile manufacturer
Brand name of the former US automobile manufacturer Kunz Automobile Company

Ships:

Speedwell (ship, 1560) , a French galley captured in 1560 and served in the British Navy until 1580.
Speedwell (ship, 1573) , ex Swiftsure , a 40-gun galleon that was lost in 1624.
Speedwell (ship, 1577) , a 60-ton sailing ship that was to work with the Mayflower to bring Pilgrims to Virginia, North America.
Speedwell (ship, 1656) , ex Cheriton , a 20 gun ship that was lost in 1676.
Speedwell (ship, 1688) , an 8-gun fire that was sunk as a breakwater in 1692.
Speedwell (ship, 1690) , an 8-gun fire engine that was converted into a 28-gun frigate 5th rank in 1702 and was lost in 1720.
Speedwell (ship, 1744) , a 14 gun sloop that was sold in 1750.
Speedwell (ship, 1752) , an 8-gun Cruizer-class sloop.
Speedwell (ship, 1761) , a cutter that was captured by France in 1761.
Speedwell (ship, 1775) , an 18-gun sloop that was captured by the Spanish frigate Santa Barbara near Gibraltar on October 26, 1781 .
Speedwell (ship, 1780) , a 16-gun cutter that sank in 1807.

HMS Speedwell (1815) , a 5-gun schooner that was sold in 1834.

HMS Speedwell (1841) , a cutter that was sold in 1855.

HMS Speedwell (1861) , a barque-rigged 570 ton Philomel- class steam gunboat that was scrapped in 1876.

HMS Speedwell (1889) , a torpedo boat converted into a minesweeper in 1909 and sold in 1920.

HMS Speedwell (J87) , a Halcyon-class minesweeper built in 1935, sold in 1946 and wrecked and scrapped in 1954 under the name Topaz .