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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 been named HMS ''Lynx'' after the
wild cat
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The 41 extant Felidae species exhibit the greatest diversity in fur patterns of all terrestria ...
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* was a 10-gun
sloop launched in 1761 and sold in 1777.
* was a 16-gun sloop launched in 1777. Converted to a
hospital ship
A hospital ship is a ship designated for primary function as a floating healthcare, medical treatment facility or hospital. Most are operated by the military forces (mostly navy, navies) of various countries, as they are intended to be used in or ...
in 1780, the ship was sold in 1783.
* was a 16-gun sloop launched in 1794 and sold in 1813.
* ''Lynx'' was to have been an 18-gun . Originally ordered in 1812 as HMS ''Pandora'' she was renamed ''Lynx''. However construction was canceled in 1818.
* was a launched in 1833 and broken up in 1845.
* was an wooden screw gunvessel launched in 1854 and sold in 1862.
* was a launched in 1868 and sold in 1888.
* was a launched in 1894 and sold in 1912.
* was an launched in 1913 and sunk by a
mine in the
Moray Firth
The Moray Firth (; , or ) is a roughly triangular inlet (or firth) of the North Sea, north and east of Inverness, which is in the Highland council area of the north of Scotland.
It is the largest firth in Scotland, stretching from Duncans ...
in 1915.
* was a
Type 41 (or ''Leopard''-class) frigate
A frigate () is a type of warship. In different eras, the roles and capabilities of ships classified as frigates have varied.
The name frigate in the 17th to early 18th centuries was given to any full-rigged ship built for speed and maneuvera ...
launched in 1955, sold to Bangladesh in 1982 and renamed ''Abu Bakr''.
* was also a
shore establishment
A stone frigate is a naval establishment on land.
'Stone frigate' is an informal term which has its origin in Britain's Royal Navy (RN), after its use of Diamond Rock, an island off Martinique, as a ' sloop of war' to harass the French in ...
at
Dover
Dover ( ) is a town and major ferry port in Kent, southeast England. It faces France across the Strait of Dover, the narrowest part of the English Channel at from Cap Gris Nez in France. It lies southeast of Canterbury and east of Maidstone. ...
commissioned in 1939 and paid off in 1946.
References
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Royal Navy ship names