HMS Placentia
Three, and possibly four, vessels of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Placentia, after locations in Newfoundland, including Placentia Bay and the town of Placentia:
- HMS Placentia was a 6-gun schooner purchased in 1775 and wrecked, with the loss of two lives, on 14 September 1775.[1]
- A cutter HMS Placentia apparently served between 1777 and 1779.[2]
- HMS Placentia was a 14-gun sloop, purchased in 1780 and wrecked on 10 September 1782 on Newfoundland with no survivors.[3]
- HMS Placentia was a minimally armed sloop, name vessel of her two-vessel class, launched in 1789, that her crew abandoned in a sinking state on 8 May 1794 off Marticot Island, Newfoundland.[4]
Citations
- ↑ Hepper (1994), p.49.
- ↑ "NMM, vessel ID 373438". Warship Histories, vol iii. National Maritime Museum. Retrieved 30 July 2011.
- ↑ Hepper (1994), p.70.
- ↑ Hepper (1994), p.76.
References
- Hepper, David J. (1994). British Warship Losses in the Age of Sail, 1650-1859. Rotherfield: Jean Boudriot. ISBN 0-948864-30-3.
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