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HMS Guardian

List of ships with the same or similar names

Three ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Guardian:

  • HMS Guardian (1784) was a 44-gun fifth rate launched in 1784, and converted to a transport ship in 1789. She struck an iceberg in the Southern Ocean that year, but was successfully beached, before being wrecked in a hurricane.
  • HMS Guardian (1932) was a net-laying and photographic ship launched in 1932 and scrapped in 1962.
  • HMS Guardian (P245) was a support ship bought for service in the Falkland Islands. She had originally been the civilian Seaforth Champion. She was sold in 1987.

References

  • Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.
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