HMS Simoom

Six ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS "Simoom", after the desert wind, the Simoom:

*HMS "Simoom" was to have been a wood paddle frigate, but she was renamed as HMS "Terrible" in 1842, prior to being launched in 1845.
*HMS|Simoom|1849 was an iron screw frigate launched in 1849. She was converted to a troopship in 1852 and was sold in 1887.
*HMS "Simoom" was previously HMS "Monarch", an iron screw ship launched in 1868 and converted to a guardship in 1897, and a depot ship in 1904, when she was renamed HMS "Simoom". She was sold in 1905.
*HMS|Simoom|1916 was an R class destroyer launched in 1916 and sunk in 1917.
*HMS|Simoom|1918 was an S class destroyer launched in 1918 and sold in 1931.
*HMS|Simoom|P225 was an S class submarine launched in 1942 and sunk in unknown circumstances in 1943.