HMS Vigilant

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Thirteen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Vigilant:

• HMS Vigilant was a schooner, which served on the Canadian lakes. She was captured by the French in 1756.
• HMS Vigilant was a 64 gun third rate ship of the line, built in 1774. She was converted to a prison ship in 1799, and sank in 1806. She was subsequently raised several months later, and broken up in 1814.
• HMS Vigilant was an armed ship purchased in 1777, formerly the Empress of Russia. She was burnt as unfit in 1780.
• HMS Vigilant was a schooner, purchased in 1803, and sold in 1808.
• HMS Vigilant was previously the French schooner Imperial, captured by HMS Cygnet in 1806, and later that year, renamed HMS Subtle. She was wrecked off Bermuda in 1807.
• HMS Vigilant was a cutter built in 1821 and sold in 1832.
• HMS Vigilant was a wood screw frigate, ordered in 1846, but cancelled in 1849.
• HMS Vigilant was a wood screw gunvessel, built in 1856 and sold in 1869.
• HMS Vigilant was a wood paddle despatch boat, built in 1871, and sold in 1886 to serve as a despatch boat in Hong Kong.
• HMS Vigilant was a C class destroyer, built speculatively by the yards of John Brown & Company, launched in 1900 and bought that year by the navy. She was sold in 1920 for breaking up.
• HMS Vigilant was an V-class destroyer that saw service during World War II. She was later converted into a Type 15 fast anti-submarine frigate
• HMS Vigilant was a Patrol Boat launched in March 1975, and renamed Meavy in July 1986.
• HMS Vigilant is a Vanguard class submarine, commissioned in November 1996 and currently in service.

[edit] See also

• Two similarly named ships, HMS Vigilante