HMS Opossum

Six ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Opossum, after the opossum:

HMS Opossum was a Cherokee class brig-sloop launched in 1808 and sold in 1819.
HMS Opossum was a Cherokee class brig-sloop launched in 1821 and sold in 1841.
HMS Opossum was an Albacore class wooden screw gunboat launched in 1856. She became a hospital hulk in 1876, and a mooring vessel in 1891. She was renamed HMS Siren in 1895 and was sold in 1896.
HMS Opossum was a Sunfish class destroyer launched in 1895 and sold in 1920.
HMS Opossum was an Black Swan class sloop launched in 1944 and broken up in 1960.
HMS Opossum was an Oberon class submarine launched in 1963 and broken up in 1996.

References

Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8. OCLC 67375475.

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