HMS Hope
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Sixteen ships of the Royal Navy
have borne the name HMS Hope:
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have borne the name HMS Hope:
- Hope was a 48-gun galleonGalleonA galleon was a large, multi-decked sailing ship used primarily by European states from the 16th to 18th centuries. Whether used for war or commerce, they were generally armed with the demi-culverin type of cannon.-Etymology:...
launched in 1559. She was rebuilt with 38-guns and renamed Assurance in 1604 and was broken up in 1645. - Hope was a ship, formerly the French privateerPrivateerA privateer is a private person or ship authorized by a government by letters of marque to attack foreign shipping during wartime. Privateering was a way of mobilizing armed ships and sailors without having to spend public money or commit naval officers...
Esperance. She was captured in 1626 and released in 1630. - Hope was a 26-gun storeship purchased in 1652 and sold in 1657. was a 44-gun ship, formerly the Dutch Hoop. She was captured in 1665 and wrecked in 1666. was a hoyHoy (boat)A hoy was a small sloop-rigged coasting ship or a heavy barge used for freight, usually displacing about 60 tons. The word derives from the Middle Dutch hoey. In 1495, one of the Paston Letters included the phrase, An hoye of Dorderycht , in such a way as to indicate that such contact was then...
storeship captured from the Dutch in 1666 and recaptured by them in 1672. was a 2-gun fireship captured from the Dutch in 1672 and sold in 1674. was a 70-gun third rate launched in 1678 and captured by the French in 1695. was a 14-gun sloopSloop-of-warIn 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...
listed from 1764, and captured by an American privateer in 1779. was a schoonerSchoonerA schooner is a type of sailing vessel characterized by the use of fore-and-aft sails on two or more masts with the forward mast being no taller than the rear masts....
purchased in 1765 and condemned in 1776. was a 12-gun cutter, formerly the American Lady Washington. She was purchased in 1780, briefly captured by the French in 1781 but soon retaken, and was sold in 1785. was a 14-gun brig-sloop purchased in 1780 and wrecked in 1781. was a 3-gun gunvessel, formerly a hoy. She was purchased in 1794 and listed until 1798. was a 14-gun sloop, formerly the Dutch Star. She was captured in 1795 and sold in 1807. was a 10-gun Cherokee-classCherokee 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...
brig-sloop launched in 1808 and sold in 1819. was a 10-gun tender launched in 1813. She was converted into a tank vessel and renamed YC42 in 1863 and was in service until 1880. was a 3-gun packet brigPacket shipA "packet ship" was originally a vessel employed to carry post office mail packets to and from British embassies, colonies and outposts. In sea transport, a packet service is a regular, scheduled service, carrying freight and passengers...
, adapted from the Cherokee-class design and launched in 1824. She was used for harbour service from 1854 and was broken up in 1882. 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 in 1910 and sold in 1920.