HMS Plucky

Four vessels of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Plucky:

• HMS Plucky was 212 ton steam tender purchased in 1856 and sold in 1858.
• HMS Plucky was a 196 ton iron screw gunboat launched at Portsmouth Dockyard on 13 July 1870. Renamed HMS Banterer in June 1915, the ship was sold in 1928.
• HMS Plucky was an M-class destroyer launched at Scotts, Greenock on 21 April 1916 and sold for breaking up 9 May 1921, and finally scrapped in 1924.
• HMS Plucky was an Algerine-class minesweeper launched at Harland and Wolff, Belfast on 29 September 1943 and arrived at Clayton & Davie, Dunston for breaking up in March 1962.

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.