HMS North Star
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Three ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS North Star, named after the pole star:
- HMS North Star was a 20-gun sixth-rate launched in 1810. She was broken up in 1817.
- HMS North Star was a 28-gun sixth-rate launched in 1824. She was broken up in 1860.
- HMS North Star was an Admiralty M class destroyer launched in 1916. She was sunk in 1908 by coastal artillery near Zeebrugge.
[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.