Sixteen different ships of the British
Royal Navy
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have been named HMS ''Greyhound'', after the
greyhound
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* was a 45-gun ship built in 1545, rebuilt 1558, and wrecked 1563
* ''Greyhound'' was a ship in service in 1585
* was a 12-gun ship launched in 1636 and blown up 1656 in action with the Spanish
* was a 20-gun ship captured from the Royalists in 1657 and used as a
fire ship
A fire ship or fireship is a large wooden vessel set on fire to be used against enemy ships during a ramming attack or similar maneuver. Fireships were used to great effect against wooden ships throughout naval military history up until the ad ...
in 1666
* was a 16-gun
sixth rate
In the rating system of the Royal Navy used to categorise sailing warships, a sixth-rate was the designation for small warships mounting between 20 and 28 carriage-mounted guns on a single deck, sometimes with smaller guns on the upper works an ...
in service from 1672 to 1698
* was a 6-gun
bomb vessel
A bomb vessel, bomb ship, bomb ketch, or simply bomb was a type of wooden sailing naval ship. Its primary armament was not cannons (Naval long gun, long guns or carronades) – although bomb vessels carried a few cannons for self-defence – but ...
purchased in 1694 and sold 1698
* was a 42-gun
fifth rate
In the rating system of the Royal Navy used to categorise sailing warships, a fifth rate was the second-smallest class of warships in a hierarchical system of six " ratings" based on size and firepower.
Rating
The rating system in the Royal N ...
launched at Ipswich in 1702 and wrecked off Teignmouth (or Tynemouth?) August 1711
* was a 20-gun sixth rate launched in 1712 and captured by the Spanish in 1718
* was a 20-gun sixth rate launched in 1719, in Spanish hands from April 1722 for a short period, and broken up 1741
* was a 20-gun sixth rate in service from 1741 to 1768
* was a 15-gun
cutter
Cutter may refer to:
Tools
* Bolt cutter
* Box cutter
* Cigar cutter
* Cookie cutter
* Cutter (hydraulic rescue tool)
* Glass cutter
* Meat cutter
* Milling cutter
* Paper cutter
* Pizza cutter
* Side cutter
People
* Cutter (surname)
* Cutt ...
purchased in 1763, hulked in 1776, and sold 1780
* was a 28-gun sixth rate launched in 1773 and wrecked 1780
* was a 14-gun cutter purchased in 1780, renamed ''Viper'' in 1781, and sold in October 1809
* was a 32-gun fifth rate launched 1783 and wrecked 1808. Because ''Greyhound'' served in the navy's Egyptian campaign between 8 March 1801 and 2 September, her officers and crew qualified for the clasp "Egypt" to the
Naval General Service Medal, which the
Admiralty
Admiralty most often refers to:
*Admiralty, Hong Kong
* Admiralty (United Kingdom), military department in command of the Royal Navy from 1707 to 1964
*The rank of admiral
*Admiralty law
Admiralty can also refer to:
Buildings
* Admiralty, Tra ...
authorised in 1850 for all surviving claimants.
* was laid down as ''Greyhound'', but renamed before launching
* was a
sloop launched in 1859, reduced to harbour service in 1869, and sold 1906
* was a in service from 1900 to 1919
* was a
G-class destroyer launched in 1935 and sunk by German dive bombers in 1941
* HMS ''Greyhound'' was to be a
G-class destroyer, ordered in 1944 but cancelled in December 1945
See also
* At least one revenue cutter ''Greyhound''
* The armed cutter ''Greyhound'' of 12 guns, hired from 10 August 1798 to 13 February 1799
* , a 24-gun ship captured in 1665 and sold in 1667.
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Royal Navy ship names