Five ships of the
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 ''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
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Books
* ''The Magician'', an 18th-ce ...
or sorceress and were used following the capture of the French
frigate ''Magicienne'' in 1781.
* was a
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 ...
French
frigate captured in 1781 and destroyed at the
Battle of Grand Port
The Battle of Grand Port was a naval battle between squadrons of frigates from the French Navy and the British Royal Navy. The battle was fought during 20–27 August 1810 over possession of the harbour of Grand Port on Isle de France (now Mau ...
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