HMS Onyx
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Seven ships of the Royal Navy
have borne the name HMS Onyx, after the mineral Onyx
. Another was renamed before being launched:
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 Onyx, after the mineral Onyx
Onyx
Onyx is a banded variety of chalcedony. The colors of its bands range from white to almost every color . Commonly, specimens of onyx contain bands of black and/or white.-Etymology:...
. Another was renamed before being launched:
- HMS Onyx 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. - HMS Onyx was a 10-gun Cherokee-class brig-sloop launched in 1822 and sold in 1837.
- HMS Onyx was an iron paddle packetPacket 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...
launched in 1845 and sold in 1854. - HMS Onyx was a Cheerful-class wooden screw gunboatGunboatA gunboat is a naval watercraft designed for the express purpose of carrying one or more guns to bombard coastal targets, as opposed to those military craft designed for naval warfare, or for ferrying troops or supplies.-History:...
launched in 1856. She became a dockyard craft in 1869 and was broken up in 1873. - HMS Onyx was a torpedo gunboat launched in 1892. She became a depot shipDepot shipA depot ship is a ship which acts as a mobile or fixed base for other ships and submarines or supports a naval base. Depot ships may be specifically designed for their purpose or be converted from another purpose...
in 1907 and was renamed HMS Vulcan II in 1919. She was sold in 1924. - HMS Onyx was an Algerine-classAlgerine class minesweeperThe Algerine-class was a class of minesweepers of the Royal Navy and the Commonwealth. 110 ships of the class were launched between 1942 and 1944 and served in World War II....
minesweeperMinesweeper (ship)A minesweeper is a small naval warship designed to counter the threat posed by naval mines. Minesweepers generally detect then neutralize mines in advance of other naval operations.-History:...
launched in 1942 and scrapped in 1967. - HMS OnyxHMCS Ojibwa (S72)HMCS Ojibwa was an that served in the Royal Canadian Navy and later the Canadian Forces Maritime Command . Originally intended for service with the Royal Navy as HMS Onyx , the submarine was transferred to Canadian ownership before completion, and entered RCN service in 1965...
was to have been an Oberon-classOberon class submarineThe Oberon class was a 27-boat class of British-built diesel-electric submarines based on the successful British Porpoise-class submarine....
submarineSubmarineA submarine is a watercraft capable of independent operation below the surface of the water. It differs from a submersible, which has more limited underwater capability...
. She was transferred to the Royal Canadian NavyRoyal Canadian NavyThe history of the Royal Canadian Navy goes back to 1910, when the naval force was created as the Naval Service of Canada and renamed a year later by King George V. The Royal Canadian Navy is one of the three environmental commands of the Canadian Forces...
and renamed before her launch in 1964. - HMS OnyxHMS Onyx (S21)HMS Onyx was an Oberon class submarine of the Royal Navy. Originally ordered for the Royal Canadian Navy, Onyx was transferred to the Royal Navy whilst under construction at Cammell Laird shipbuilders in Birkenhead, England...
was an Oberon-class submarine launched in 1967. She was decommissioned in 1990 and handed over to the Warship Preservation TrustWarship Preservation TrustThe Warship Preservation Trust was based in Birkenhead, Wirral, England and hosted Europe's largest collection of preserved warships.The collection was brought to Birkenhead in 2002 and was moored in the West Float of the Birkenhead docks complex....
in 1991.