HMS Peacock

HMS Peacock

HMS "Peacock" has been the name of several Royal Navy vessels:

*Two different British sloops of war active during the War of 1812:
** HMS|Peacock|1806, a Cruizer class brig-sloop built in 1806. She was sunk by USS|Hornet|1805 brig|6 off the coast of Guiana on 24 February 1813. (See Sinking of HMS Peacock).
** The USS|Wasp|1807|6, commissioned in 1807, was captured by the British in October 1812, and entered into the Royal Navy as HMS "Peacock". She foundered off the Virginia Capes in 1813.
* A wood screw Albacore class gunboat, launched 1856.
* A composite screw gunboat, launched 1888.
*, a sclass|Black Swan|sloop launched 1943.
*, a sclass|Peacock|patrol vessel launched 1982.

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