HMS Swordfish
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Three ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Swordfish after the fish.
- The first HMS Swordfish was a 330 ton destroyer launched in 1895 and sold in 1910.
- The second HMS Swordfish was a steam-powered submarine launched in 1916. She was converted into a surface patrol boat in 1917 and renamed S1.
- The most recent HMS Swordfish was an S class submarine launched in 1931 and sunk by a naval mine in the English Channel in 1940.
[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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