HMS Kingfisher
HMS Kingfisher
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Fourteen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Kingfisher, after the Kingfisher:
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- was a ship in service between 1664 and 1667.
- was a 46-gun fourth-rate ship of the line built in 1676, rebuilt in 1699 and broken up in 1728.
- was a 4-gun ketch purchased in 1684 and captured by the French in 1690.
- was a 14-gun sloop launched in 1745. She was converted into an 8-gun bomb vessel and served as such between 1758 and 1760. She was sold in 1763.
- was a 14-gun sloop launched in 1770 and burnt to avoid capture in 1778.
- was an 18-gun brig-sloop launched in 1782, having been purchased in the stocks. She was wrecked in 1798.
- was an 18-gun sloop launched in 1804 and broken up in 1816.
- was a 10-gun Cherokee-class brig-sloop launched in 1823 and sold in 1838.
- was a 12-gun brig launched in 1845. She was laid up in 1852, and was then on harbour service from 1875. She was sold in 1890.
- was an Doterel-class sloop launched in 1879. She became a training ship and was renamed HMS Lark in 1892, and then HMS Cruizer in 1893. She was sold in 1919.
- HMS Kingfisher was a 16-gun brig launched in 1850 as HMS Martin. She was renamed HMS Kingfisher in 1890, when she became a training brig. She was sold in 1907.
- HMS Kingfisher was to have been a river gunboat. She was ordered in 1912, but was subsequently cancelled.
- was a launched in 1935 and sold in 1947.
- RFA King Salvor was renamed HMS Kingfisher in 1954, and stayed in service until 1960.
- was a Bird-class patrol...... ... ...
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