HMS Surprise

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Thirteen ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Surprise or HMS Surprize, including:

  • HMS Surprize, a 24-gun sixth rate launched in 1746 and sold in 1770.
  • HMS Surprize, a 28-gun sixth rate launched in 1774 and sold in 1783.
  • HMS Surprize, an 18-gun sloop, formerly the American privateer Bunker Hill, captured in 1778 and sold in 1783.
  • HMS Surprize, a 10-gun cutter purchased in 1780 and sold in 1786.
  • HMS Surprize, a 10-gun cutter purchased in 1786 and sold in 1792.
  • HMS Surprise, originally the French corvette L'Unité (1794), captured in 1796 by HMS Inconstant and reclassified as a sixth-rate frigate. She was sold in 1802.
  • HMS Surprise, a 10-gun schooner, previously the French merchantman Surprise. She was captured in 1799 by HMS Brave and sold in 1800.
  • HMS Surprise, a 38-gun frigate, previously named Jacobs and launched in 1812. She was hulked as a prison ship in 1822 and sold in 1837.
  • HMS Surprise, a 2-gun schooner on the Canadian Lakes. She was formerly the American Tigress, captured in 1814 and listed in service until 1832.
  • HMS Surprise, a wooden-screw gun vessel, launched in 1856 and broken up in 1866.
  • HMS Surprise, a despatch vessel launched in 1885. She was renamed HMS Alacrity in 1913 and was sold in 1919.
  • HMS Surprise, a Yarrow Later M class destroyer launched in 1916 and sunk in 1917.
  • HMS Surprise (K346), a Bay class frigate. She had been laid down as HMS Loch Carron but was renamed HMS Gerrans Bay in 1944 before being launched in 1945. She was renamed HMS Surprise and used as a despatch vessel later that year, and was broken up in 1965.

HMS Surprise may also refer to:

[edit] See also

  • USS Surprise
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