Armed boarding steamer
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An armed boarding steamer was a type of warship
used by the United Kingdom
during World War I
. Usually converted merchantmen, AB steamers or AB vessels were specifically designed for boarding
an enemy vessel.
Warship
A warship is a ship that is built and primarily intended for combat. Warships are usually built in a completely different way from merchant ships. As well as being armed, warships are designed to withstand damage and are usually faster and more maneuvrable than merchant ships...
used by the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
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during World War I
World War I
World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...
. Usually converted merchantmen, AB steamers or AB vessels were specifically designed for boarding
Boarding (attack)
Boarding, in its simplest sense, refers to the insertion on to a ship's deck of individuals. However, when it is classified as an attack, in most contexts, it refers to the forcible insertion of personnel that are not members of the crew by another party without the consent of the captain or crew...
an enemy vessel.
Vessels
- HMS Perth
- HMS SuvaHMS SuvaHMS Suva was an Armed boarding steamer of the Royal Navy during World War I. She was also commissioned briefly into the Royal Australian Navy before being returned to her owners...
- HMS DundeeHMS DundeeHMS Dundee can refer to ships of the Royal Navy*HMS Dundee - a merchantman acquired during the First World War for use as an "armed boarding steamer" and topedoed in 1917...
- participated in the destruction of the German auxiliary cruiser LeopardAction of 16 March 1917The Action of 16 March 1917 was a naval battle in which the German auxiliary cruiser Leopard was engaged and sunk by the British Armed boarding steamer HMS Dundee and the cruiser HMS Achilles.-Action:...
in 1917 - HMS Alouette
- HMS Amsterdam
- HMS Anglia
- HMS Ceasarea
- HMS Cambria
- HMS Carron
- HMS City of Belfast
- HMS Duchess of Devonshire
- HMS Duke of Albany
- HMS Duke of Clarence
- HMS Duke of Cornwall
- HMS Fauvette
- HMS FionaHMS FionaAt least two ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Fiona: was an armed boarding steamer in the First World War. She was wrecked in 1917. was an armed boarding vessel in the Second World War. She was sunk by air attack in 1941. was a Felicity-class water tractor - akin to a tug - in...
- HMS Grangemouth
- HMS Grive
- HMS Hazel
- HMS Heroic
- HMS King Orry
- HMS Lama
- HMS Louvain
- HMS Lunka
- HMS PartridgeHMS PartridgeSeveral ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Partridge, after the bird.* The first Partridge was an 18 gun sloop launched at Dartmouth on 15 July 1809 and broken up in September 1816....
- HMS Peel Castle
- HMS Prince Abbas
- HMS Richard Welford
- HMS Rowan
- HMS Royal Scot
- HMS Sarnia
- HMS Scotia
- HMS Snaefell
- HMS Stephen Furness
- HMS Tara
- HMS The Ramsey
- HMS Tihonus
- HMS Vienna
- HMS Woodnut
- HMS YorkHMS YorkNine ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS York after the city of York, the county seat of Yorkshire, on the River Ouse.*HMS York was a 52-gun Speaker class frigate launched in 1654 as Marston Moor. She was renamed York upon the Restoration in 1660...
See also
- Action of 16 March 1917Action of 16 March 1917The Action of 16 March 1917 was a naval battle in which the German auxiliary cruiser Leopard was engaged and sunk by the British Armed boarding steamer HMS Dundee and the cruiser HMS Achilles.-Action:...
- Ocean boarding vesselOcean boarding vesselOcean boarding vessels were merchant ships taken over by the Royal Navy for the purpose of enforcing wartime blockades by intercepting and boarding foreign vessels.-Ships:-References:...
- armed merchantman