HMS Acorn
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Six ships of the Royal Navy
have borne the name HMS Acorn. A seventh was planned but never completed:
was a 22-gun ship hired between 1649 and 1654. was an 18-gun sloop
launched in 1807 and broken up in 1819. was an 18-gun sloop launched in 1826 and wrecked in 1828.
Royal Navy
The Royal Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Founded in the 16th century, it is the oldest service branch and is known as the Senior Service...
have borne the name HMS Acorn. A seventh was planned but never completed:
was a 22-gun ship hired between 1649 and 1654. was an 18-gun sloop
Sloop-of-war
In the 18th and most of the 19th centuries, a sloop-of-war was a warship with a single gun deck that carried up to eighteen guns. As the rating system covered all vessels with 20 guns and above, this meant that the term sloop-of-war actually encompassed all the unrated combat vessels including the...
launched in 1807 and broken up in 1819. was an 18-gun sloop launched in 1826 and wrecked in 1828.
- HMS Acorn was to have been an 18-gun sloop, but the order was cancelled in 1831. was a 12-gun brigBrigA brig is a sailing vessel with two square-rigged masts. During the Age of Sail, brigs were seen as fast and manoeuvrable and were used as both naval warships and merchant vessels. They were especially popular in the 18th and early 19th centuries...
launched in 1838. She was used as a coal hulk from 1861 and was sold in 1869. was a Mariner-classMariner class gunvesselThe Mariner class was a class of 8-gun gunvessels built for the Royal Navy between 1883 and 1888.-Design:...
composite screw sloopScrew sloopA screw sloop is a propeller-driven sloop-of-war. In the 19th century, during the introduction of the steam engine, ships driven by propellers were differentiated from those driven by paddle-wheels by referring to the ship's screws...
launched in 1884 and sold in 1899. was an Acorn classAcorn class destroyerThe Acorn class was a class of twenty destroyers of the Royal Navy all built under the 1909-1910 Programme, and completed between 1910 and 1911...
destroyerDestroyerIn naval terminology, a destroyer is a fast and maneuverable yet long-endurance warship intended to escort larger vessels in a fleet, convoy or battle group and defend them against smaller, powerful, short-range attackers. Destroyers, originally called torpedo-boat destroyers in 1892, evolved from...
launched on 1st July 1910 and sold in 1921.