Five ships of the
Royal Navy have been named HMS ''Magicienne''. The origins of the name are from the French word for a female
magician
Magician or The Magician may refer to:
Performers
* A practitioner of magic (supernatural)
* A practitioner of magic (illusion)
* Magician (fantasy), a character in a fictional fantasy context
Entertainment
Books
* ''The Magician'', an 18th-ce ...
or sorceress and were used following the capture of the French
frigate
A frigate () is a type of warship. In different eras, the roles and capabilities of ships classified as frigates have varied somewhat.
The name frigate in the 17th to early 18th centuries was given to any full-rigged ship built for speed and ...
''Magicienne'' in 1781.
* was a
fifth-rate French
frigate
A frigate () is a type of warship. In different eras, the roles and capabilities of ships classified as frigates have varied somewhat.
The name frigate in the 17th to early 18th centuries was given to any full-rigged ship built for speed and ...
captured in 1781 and destroyed at the
Battle of Grand Port in 1810.
* was a fifth-rate frigate built in 1812 and broken up in 1845.
* was a frigate built in 1849 and broken up in 1866.
* was a built in 1888 and sold in 1905.
* was an built in 1944 and broken up in 1956.
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Royal Navy ship names