HMS Acute

HMS Acute

Three ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS "Acute":

*HMS|Acute|1797|6 was a 12-gun gunboat launched in 1797 and sold in 1802.
*HMS|Acute|1804|6 was a 12-gun gun-brig launched in 1804. She was reduced to harbour service in 1813 and was transferred to the Coastguard in 1831.
*HMS|Acute|J106|6 was an "Algerine" class minesweeper ordered as HMS "Alert" but renamed in 1941 and launched in 1942. She was expended as a target in 1964.

ee also

*HMAS|Acute

References

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