HMS Unique
Three ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Unique:
- HMS Unique was the French 10-gun schooner Harmonie, captured from the French in 1804, and sunk while or after being recaptured by a French privateer in 1806.
- HMS Unique was HMS Netley, captured by the French in 1806,[1] and used by them as the 21-gun privateer Duquesne.[2] In 1807 HMS Blonde captured Duquesne,[2][3] which the Royal Navy returned to service as the 12-gun gun-brig HMS Unique. She was expended in an unsuccessful fireship attack at Guadeloupe in 1809.[4]
- HMS Unique was a U-class submarine launched in 1940 and sunk in 1942.
Citations
- ↑ Hepper (1994), p.116.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Winfield (2008), p.141 & 386.
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 16557. p. 5. 4 January 1812.
- ↑ Hepper (1994), p.129.
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.
- Hepper, David J. (1994). British Warship Losses in the Age of Sail, 1650–1859. Rotherfield: Jean Boudriot. ISBN 0-948864-30-3.
- Winfield, Rif (2008). British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793–1817: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth. ISBN 1-86176-246-1.