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HMS Mallard (1801) was a 12-gun gun-brig launched in 1801. The French captured her after she ran aground in 1804. The French Navy converted her to a gunboat in 1811, renamed her Favori in 1814, Mallard in 1815, and then Favori again later in 1815. She was struck at Brest in 1827, but was a service craft there on 17 September 1831. HMS Mallard ...
On the night of 14/15 February 1944 Mallard and sister ship Shearwater engaged and pursued six E-boats that had laid mines off Great Yarmouth. [28] [29] Mallard remained in full service, operating on patrols in the North Sea through the rest of the war in Europe, going into reserve at Harwich in June 1945. [28] She was sold for scrap on 21 ...
HMS Mallard was a two funnel, 30-knot destroyer ordered by the Royal Navy under the 1894 – 1895 Naval Estimates. She served in Home waters both before and during the First World War, and was sold for breaking in 1920.
LNER Class A4 4468 Mallard, the fastest steam locomotive ever, reaching 126 miles per hour (203 km/h) Grumman G-73 Mallard, an amphibious aircraft of the late 1940s; Advanced Aeromarine Mallard, an aircraft; HMS Mallard, the name of four ships of the Royal Navy; USS Mallard, either of two United States naval ships
HMS Sirdar – British destroyer, The Guns of Navarone by Alistair MacLean, 1957 (the actual HMS Sirdar was a submarine) Siren – yacht, A Damsel in Distress by P. G. Wodehouse , 1919 Slewfoot – the crew's nickname for a PT boat whose number is never given, in Torpedo Run by Robb White , 1962
HMS Viscount was signalled to attack at full speed. The U-boat spoilt the aim of Viscount ' s forward battery by submerging full-speed astern. Viscount steamed over the U-boat and destroyed it by depth charges. HMS Viscount also participated in several cruises/escorts to Murmansk and Archangel during this period. Other actions included the ...
However, from the end of the article it sounded that the (current) name of the ship is "HMS Warrior (1860)", and that the "(1860)" was part of the name (and should be italicized). Did I miss understand? Inkbug 09:04, 8 May 2013 (UTC) No, not at all; it's just that the ship's name for her active career was just HMS Warrior. The year being a ...
HMAS Hobart was a modified Leander-class light cruiser which served in the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) during World War II.Originally constructed for the Royal Navy as HMS Apollo, the ship entered service in 1936, and was sold to Australia two years later.