HMS Swordfish

Three ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Swordfish after the fish.

• The first HMS Swordfish was a 330 ton destroyer launched in 1895 and sold in 1910.
• The second HMS Swordfish was a steam-powered submarine launched in 1916. She was converted into a surface patrol boat in 1917 and renamed S1.
• The most recent HMS Swordfish was an S class submarine launched in 1931 and sunk by a naval mine in the English Channel in 1940.

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 Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8. OCLC 67375475. 

External links

• Royal Navy History