HMS Esk
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Five ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Esk. Esk is a Celtic word meaning a river.
- HMS Esk was a 20-gun sixth-rate launched in 1813. She was sold in 1829.
- HMS Esk was a wood screw corvette launched in 1854. She was broken up in 1870.
- HMS Esk was an iron screw gunboat launched in 1877. She was sold in 1903.
- HMS Esk was a tender transferred from the War Department in 1905. She was sold in 1920.
- HMS Esk was an E class destroyer launched in 1934. She was sunk by mine in 1940 north west of Texel.
[edit] References
- Colledge, J. J. and Warlow, Ben (2006). Ships of the Royal Navy: the complete record of all fighting ships of the Royal Navy, Rev. ed., London: Chatham. ISBN 9781861762818. OCLC 67375475.
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