HMS Shark

Ten ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS "Shark" after the shark:

*HMS|Shark|1732|6 was a 14-gun sloop launched in 1732 and sold in 1755.
*HMS|Shark|1776|6 was a 16-gun sloop purchased in 1775 and launched in 1776. She was converted to a fireship and renamed HMS "Salamander" in 1778, and was sold in 1783.
*HMS|Shark|1779|6 was a 16-gun sloop launched in 1779. She was used as a receiving ship from 1805 and foundered in 1818.
*HMS|Shark|1780|6 was a 28-gun sixth rate bought in 1780 and sunk during a storm off North America in 1780.
*HMS|Shark|1794|6 was a 4-gun Dutch hoy purchased in 1794 and handed over to French forces in 1795 at La Hogue by her crew during a mutiny.
*HMS|Shark|1894|6 was a "Rocket"-class destroyer launched in 1894 and broken up in 1911.
*HMS|Shark|1912|6 was an "Acasta"-class destroyer launched in 1912. She was sunk at the battle of Jutland in 1916.
*HMS|Shark|1916|6 was an S-class destroyer launched in 1916 and scrapped in 1931.
*HMS|Shark|54S|6 was an S-class submarine launched in 1934. She was disabled by an air attack in 1940 and sank the next day.
*HMS "Shark" was an S-class destroyer launched in 1943. She was transferred to the Royal Norwegian Navy on completion in 1944 and renamed HNoMS "Svenner". She was sunk later that year.

ee also

*HMS|Sharke

References

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