HMS Linnet

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Nine ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Linnet after the bird of that name.

• The first Linnet, was a 14 gun brig, originally named Speedwell and which was captured by the French ship Gloire off Madeira in 1813.
• The second Linnet (1813), was a 16 gun brig which operated on the Canadian Lakes
• The third Linnet, launched in 1817, was a survey cutter, and was sold in 1833 for breaking up.
• The fourth Linnet was an 8 gun brig launched on the Isle of Wight in 1835 and sold in 1866.
• The fifth Linnet was a Britomart-class steam powered gunboat launched at Sunderland in 1860 and broken up in 1872.
• The sixth Linnet was a 756 ton composite screw gunvessel launched at Thames Iron Works at Blackwall in 1880. After she was sold in 1904, the ship was converted to a salvage vessel.
• The seventh Linnet was a tender originally named Napier of Magdala. She was renamed Hasty in 1913 and sold in 1920.
• The eighth Linnet was a destroyer launched at Yarrow in 1913, and originally to have been called Havock. She was sold in 1921.
• The most recent Linnet was a small minelayer launched at Dunston in 1938 and broken up in 1964.

[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.