HMS Reindeer
Four ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Reindeer or Rein Deer, after the Reindeer:
- HMS Reindeer was an 18-gun Cruizer class brig-sloop, launched in 1804, captured by USS Wasp in 1814, and subsequently burnt.
- HMS Reindeer was an 8-gun packet brig launched in 1829, on harbour service from 1841 and sold in 1847. Despite this, she remained on the Navy lists until 1856.
- HMS Reindeer was a Camelion class wood screw sloop launched in 1866. Work had been suspended in 1865 but was subsequently restarted. She was broken up in 1876.
- HMS Reindeer was a Mariner class screw sloop launched in 1883. She was used as a boom defence vessel from 1904, and a salvage vessel from 1917. She was sold in 1929.[1]
There was also a requisitioned trawler launched in 1902 and named Reindeer.
See also
- HMCS Reindeer, an armed yacht that served in the Battle of the Atlantic and the Battle of the St. Lawrence.
References
- ↑ Winfield, Rif & Lyon, David (2004). The Sail and Steam Navy List: All the Ships of the Royal Navy 1815–1889. London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-032-6. OCLC 52620555.
- 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 Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8. OCLC 67375475.