HMS Sepoy

HMS Sepoy

Two ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS "Sepoy", whilst another two were planned but never entered service:

*HMS "Sepoy" was to have been a wooden "Rifleman"-class screw gunvessel. She was ordered in 1846 but was cancelled in 1849.
*HMS|Sepoy|1856|6 was a wooden "Albacore"-class screw gunboat launched in 1856 and broken up in 1868.
*HMS|Sepoy|1918|6 was an S class destroyer launched in 1918 and sold in 1932.
*HMS "Sepoy" was to have been a "Catherine" class minesweeper. She was launched in 1943 but retained by the US Navy as USS|Dextrous|AM-341|6.


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