HMS Mercury

Seventeen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS "Mercury", or HMS "Mercure", after the God Mercury, of Roman mythology:
*HMS "Mercury" was a 6-gun galley launched in 1592 and sold in 1611.
*HMS "Mercury" was a ship launched in 1620. Her fate is unknown.
*HMS "Mercury" was a ship purchased in 1622. Her fate is unknown.
*HMS "Mercury" was a 6-gun advice boat launched in 1694 and captured by a French privateer in 1697.
*HMS "Mercury" was an 8-gun fireship purchased in 1739 and foundered in 1744.
*HMS "Mercury" was a 16-gun brigantine launched in 1744 and captured in 1745.
*HMS "Mercury" was a 24-gun sixth rate launched in 1745 and broken up in 1753.
*HMS "Mercury" was a 20-gun sixth rate launched in 1756 and wrecked in 1777.
*HMS "Mercury" was a 28-gun sixth rate launched in 1779 and broken up in 1814.
*HMS "Mercure" was a 14-gun sloop. She was formerly a French privateer, captured in 1798 by HMS "Phaeton" in 1798. She was renamed HMS "Trompeuse" in 1799 and foundered in 1800.
*HMS "Mercury" was a 14-gun brig launched in 1806 and converted to a coal hulk by 1865.
*HMS "Mercury" was a tender launched in 1807 and broken up in 1835.
*HMS "Mercury" was a 46-gun fifth rate launched in 1826, used as a coal hulk from 1861 and sold in 1906.
*HMS "Mercury" was a cutter tender launched in 1837, renamed "YC6" in 1866, HMS "Plymouth" in 1876 and was sold in 1904.
*HMS "Mercury" was an "Iris" class cruiser and despatch vessel launched in 1878, converted to a depot ship in 1906 and sold in 1919. She was to have been named HMS "Columbine" in 1912, but this did not happen.

*HMS "Mercury" was a Royal Naval Communications/Signal School located at the site of Leydene House near Petersfield, England. The establishment was in commission between 1941 and 1993.

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