HMS Peacock
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HMS Peacock has been the name of several Royal Navy vessels:
- Two different British sloops of war active during the War of 1812:
- The first was sunk by USS Hornet off the coast of Guiana on February 24, 1813. See Sinking of HMS Peacock.
- The second was built in 1806 and commissioned USS Wasp in 1807. Captured by the British in October, 1812, she foundered off the Virginia Capes in 1813.
- A wood screw Albacore class gunboat, launched 1856
- A composite screw gunboat, launched 1888
- HMS Peacock (U96), a Black Swan class sloop launched 1943
- HMS Peacock (P239), a Peacock class patrol vessel launched 1982
[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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