HMS Protector

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Six ships of the British Royal Navy have been called HMS Protector:

  • Protector, a 44 gun fifth rate listed in 1749 which served in India, and was wrecked on 1 January 1776 by a cyclone near Pondicherry.
  • Protector, a fireship in service in 1758.
  • Protector was a 178 ton 12-gun brig launched on 1 February 1805. Converted to a survey ship in 1817, she was sold for breaking up in 1833.
  • Protector, a Britomart-class cruiser laid down at Portsmouth in 1861 and cancelled on 12 December 1863.
  • Protector, a net layer launched in 1936, and converted to an Antarctic patrol ship in 1955. Sold in 1970 for breaking up.
  • Protector, a patrol vessel originally launched as the commercial vessel Seaforth Saga in 1975 and purchased by the Royal Navy in 1983 and sold in 1987.

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