HMS Unicorn

Eleven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS "Unicorn", after the mythological creature, the unicorn:

*HMS|Unicorn|1544 was a 36-gun ship captured from Scotland in 1544 and sold in 1555
*HMS|Unicorn|1634 was a 56-gun ship launched in 1634 and sold in 1687
*HMS|Unicorn|1665 or "Little Unicorn" was an 18-gun fire ship originally in Dutch service as the "Eenhoorn". She was captured in 1665 and expended in 1666
*HMS|Unicorn|1666 was a 6-gun purchased in 1666 and sunk as a blockship at Chatham in June 1667
*HMS|Unicorn|1748 was a 28-gun sixth rate frigate launched in 1748 and broken up in 1771
*HMS|Unicorn|1776 was a 20-gun sixth rate launched in 1776 and captured by the French ship "Andromaque" in 1780. She was recaptured as "Licorne" in 1781 and was broken up in 1814
*HMS|Unicorn|1782 was a 36-gun fifth rate launched in 1782. She was renamed HMS "Thalia" in 1783 and was broken up in 1814
*HMS|Unicorn|1794 was a 32-gun frigate launched in 1794 and broken up in 1815
*HMS|Unicorn|1824 is a "Leda"-class sailing frigate, launched in 1824 and converted to a powder hulk in 1860. She was a Royal Naval Reserve drill ship from 1873. She was renamed "Unicorn II" in 1913 and "Cressey" from 1941 until 1959. She was handed over to a preservation society in 1968 and is preserved in Dundee as a museum ship
*HMS|Unicorn|I72 was an aircraft maintenance carrier launched in 1941 and broken up in 1960
*HMS|Unicorn|S43 was an "Upholder"-class submarine launched in 1992. She was sold to Canada in 2001 and renamed HMCS "Windsor"

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