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Royal Navy
The Royal Navy (RN) is the naval warfare force of the United Kingdom. It is a component of His Majesty's Naval Service, and its officers hold their commissions from the King of the United Kingdom, King. Although warships were used by Kingdom ...
ships have borne the name HMS ''Lutin'' or ''Lutine'', ''Lutine'' being French for "the tease" or "tormentress" or more literally "imp", and ''Lutine'' the feminine:
* HMS ''Lutin'' was the French 6-gun brig-aviso launched in 1788 that captured off Newfoundland 25 July 1793; she was sold at Plymouth on 26 January 1796.
* HMS ''Lutine'' was the French privateer launched in 1779, that the Royal Navy captured in the Mediterranean in 1798. The Royal Navy commissioned her in 1799. She became a prison hulk in Malta or Gibraltar in 1801, and was sold in April 1802.
* was the French frigate ''Lutine'' launched in 1779, that passed to British control in 1793 at Toulon, and that the Royal Navy took into service as HMS ''Lutine''. She sank among the
West Frisian Islands
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during a storm in 1799.
[Winfield and Roberts (2015), p.125.]
Citations
References
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* Schomberg, Isaac (1802) Naval Chronology, Or an Historical Summary of Naval and Maritime Events from the Time of the Romans, to the Treaty of Peace 1802: With an Appendix, Volume 2. (London).
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* Winfield, Rif & Stephen S Roberts (2015) ''French Warships in the Age of Sail 1786 - 1861: Design Construction, Careers and Fates''. (Seaforth Publishing).
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Royal Navy ship names