Two vessels that served the
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 ...
have been named ''Senegal'':
* was launched at Rotherhithe on 26 December 1760 as a 14-gun sloop of 292 tons (bm). She grounded while attempting to enter the harbour at
Canso, Nova Scotia
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, on 22 August 1764 and foundered while being towed into the harbour. It was later commanded by
Sir Thomas Rich in 1769 and by
William Duddingston in 1771.
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HMS ''Senegal'' was a sloop of 183 tons (formerly named ''Racehorse'') that the Royal Navy purchased in 1777 and armed with 16 guns. The French captured her on 15 August 1778. recaptured her on 2 November 1780 off the Gambia River, but she blew up by accident at Gorée on 22 November.
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Royal Navy ship names