Several British ships have been named Perseverance
Royal Navy
Three ships of the
Royal Navy
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have been named HMS ''Perseverance'':
* was a 35-gun
fifth-rate
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frigate launched in 1781, the nameship of the . She was sold in 1823.
* was a wooden screw discovery sloop, previously the civilian ''Free Trade''. She was purchased in 1850 and briefly named HMS ''Perseverance''. She was renamed HMS ''Intrepid'' later in 1850 and was abandoned in the Arctic in 1854.
* was an iron screw troopship, ordered as the Russian ''Sobraon'' before the
Crimean War
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and purchased by the Royal Navy from its builders in 1854. She was wrecked in 1860.
Admiralty
Also three large Admiralty tugs:
*''Perseverance'' (1875) was a wood-hulled paddle tug for
Devonport dockyard. She was broken up in 1911
*''Perseverance'' (1883) was the former paddle tug ''Meteor'', renamed in 1914. She was broken up in 1923
*''Perseverance'' (1931) was a screw salvage tug ''Imara'' of the
Tanganyika Government, purchased in 1932. She was sold for breaking up in 1958
See also
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Royal Navy ship names