Seven 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 borne the name HMS ''Ringdove'', another name for the
common wood pigeon
The common wood pigeon or common woodpigeon (''Columba palumbus''), also known as simply wood pigeon, wood-pigeon or woodpigeon, is a large species in the dove and pigeon family (Columbidae), native to the western Palearctic. It belongs to the g ...
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* was an 18-gun launched in 1806 and sold in 1829.
* was a 16-gun brig-sloop launched in 1833 and broken up in 1850.
* was a wooden screw
gunvessel
A gunboat is a naval watercraft designed for the express purpose of carrying one or more guns to bombard coastal targets, as opposed to those military craft designed for naval warfare, or for ferrying troops or supplies.
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launched in 1856, sold in 1865 and broken up in 1866.
* was a wooden screw gunvessel launched in 1867 and sold in 1882.
* was a composite screw
gunboat
A gunboat is a naval watercraft designed for the express purpose of carrying one or more guns to bombard coastal targets, as opposed to those military craft designed for naval warfare, or for ferrying troops or supplies.
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launched in 1889. She became a salvage vessel in 1915 and was renamed HMS ''Melita'', and was sold in 1920.
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HMS ''Ringdove'' was a salvage vessel, launched in 1888 as the composite screw
sloop
A sloop is a sailboat with a single mast typically having only one headsail in front of the mast and one mainsail aft of (behind) the mast. Such an arrangement is called a fore-and-aft rig, and can be rigged as a Bermuda rig with triangular ...
. She was renamed HMS ''Ringdove'' on her conversion in 1915 and was sold in 1920.
* was a launched in 1938 and sold to the Pakistani government in 1950 as a
pilot vessel
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Royal Navy ship names