HMS Espoir
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Seven vessels of the British Royal Navy
have been named HMS Espoir, after the French word for "hope":
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have been named HMS Espoir, after the French word for "hope":
- The first HMS Espoir was a sloop sold on 23 March 1784, origin unknown. was a French brig-sloop of fourteen 6-pounder guns that Thalia captured in the Mediterranean. She was sold in September 1804. was a Cruizer class brig sloopCruizer class brig-sloopThe Cruizer class was an 18-gun class of brig-sloops of the Royal Navy. Brig-sloops were the same as ship-sloops except for their rigging...
launched on 22 September and broken up in April 1821. was Cherokee class brig-sloopCherokee class brig-sloopThe Cherokee class was a 10-gun class of brig-sloops of the Royal Navy. Brig-sloops are sloops-of-war with two masts rather than the three masts of ship-sloops...
launched on 9 May, and sold in 1857. was a wood screw gunvessel launched 6 January, and armed with one 68-pounder and four 24-pounder howitzers. In 1869 she was converted to a dredger with the designation YC19. She was broken up in Bermuda in June 1881. was a composit screw gunvessel launched on 2 November and armed with two 64-pounder guns and two 20-pounder smoothbores. She was converted to a tug in 1895 and on the sale list in 1903. - The last HMS Espoir was laid down for the Royal Navy on 23 October 1942 in Seattle as HMS Espoir (BAM-23), a Catherine classAuk class minesweeperThe Auk class were Allied minesweepers serving with the United States Navy and the British Royal Navy during the Second World War. In total, there were 95 Auks built.-Design and development:...
minesweeper. However she was retained by the United States Navy as USS Triumph (AM-323)USS Triumph (AM-323)USS Triumph was an acquired by the United States Navy for the dangerous task of removing mines from minefields laid in the water to prevent ships from passing....
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