HMS Unicorn

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Eleven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Unicorn, after the mythological creature, the unicorn:

• HMS Unicorn was a 36-gun ship captured from Scotland in 1544 and sold in 1555.
• HMS Unicorn was a 56-gun ship launched in 1634 and sold in 1687.
• HMS Unicorn or Little Unicorn was an 18-gun fire ship originally in Dutch service as the Eenhoorn. She was captured in 1665 and expended in 1666.
• HMS Unicorn was a 6-gun purchased in 1666 and sunk as a blockship at Chatham in June 1667.
• HMS Unicorn was a 28-gun sixth rate frigate launched in 1748 and broken up in 1771.
• HMS Unicorn was a 20-gun sixth rate launched in 1776 and captured by the French ship Andromaque in 1780. She was recaptured as Licorne in 1781 and was broken up in 1814.
• HMS Unicorn was a 36-gun fifth rate launched in 1782. She was renamed HMS Thalia in 1783 and was broken up in 1814.
• HMS Unicorn was a 32-gun frigate launched in 1794 and broken up in 1815.
• HMS Unicorn is a Leda-class sailing frigate, launched in 1824 and converted to a powder hulk in 1860. She was a Royal Naval Reserve drill ship from 1873. She was renamed Unicorn II in 1913 and Cressey from 1941 until 1959. She was handed over to a preservation society in 1968 and is preserved in Dundee as a museum ship.
• HMS Unicorn (I72) was an aircraft maintenance carrier launched in 1941 and broken up in 1960.
• HMS Unicorn (S43) was an Upholder-class submarine launched in 1992. She was sold to Canada in 2001 and renamed HMCS Windsor.

[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.