Eight vessels of the British
Royal Navy
The Royal Navy (RN) is the United Kingdom's naval warfare force. Although warships were used by Kingdom of England, English and Kingdom of Scotland, Scottish kings from the early medieval period, the first major maritime engagements were foug ...
have been named HMS ''Bermuda'', after the island of
Bermuda
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* was a 14-gun
brig-sloop
In the 18th century and most of the 19th, a sloop-of-war in the Royal Navy was a warship with a single gun deck that carried up to eighteen guns. The rating system covered all vessels with 20 guns and above; thus, the term ''sloop-of-war'' enco ...
purchased in 1795 that disappeared in September 1796 in the Gulf of Florida.
* was an 18-gun
sloop-of-war
In the 18th century and most of the 19th, a sloop-of-war in the Royal Navy was a warship with a single gun deck that carried up to eighteen guns. The rating system covered all vessels with 20 guns and above; thus, the term ''sloop-of-war'' enco ...
launched in 1805 and wrecked 22 April 1808 with no loss of life.
* was a 10-gun brig-sloop built by
John Pelham of Frindsbury and launched 1808; she was wrecked 16 November 1816, with the loss of one life.
* was a
pilot boat
A pilot boat is a type of boat used to transport maritime pilots between land and the inbound or outbound ships that they are piloting. Pilot boats were once sailing boats that had to be fast because the first pilot to reach the incoming shi ...
acquired in 1813 and broken up 1817.
* was a
schooner
A schooner () is a type of sailing vessel defined by its rig: fore-and-aft rigged on all of two or more masts and, in the case of a two-masted schooner, the foremast generally being shorter than the mainmast. A common variant, the topsail schoo ...
purchased 1819 and foundered in March 1821 near Bermuda with the loss of her entire crew.
* was a 3-gun schooner launched 1848 and wrecked 20 January 1855, with no loss of life.
* AFD Bermuda was an
Admiralty Floating Dock, towed to the
Bermuda Dockyard in 1869 by , and HMS ''Terrible''.
* was a
cruiser launched 1941 and broken up 1965.
See also
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History of the Royal Navy in Bermuda
Sources
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