HMS Redpole

Several ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Redpole after the redpoll.

• , a Cherokee-class brig-sloop launched in 1808 that became a Post Office Packet Service packet, sailing out of Falmouth, Cornwall. She was reportedly sunk in August 1828 in action with the pirate ship Congress off Cape Frio.^[1]
• a paddle tug, formerly HMS Racehorse. In service until 1872
• , a Redbreast-class gunboat on the China Station launched in 1889 and scrapped in 1906.
• was an Acorn-class destroyer launched in 1910 and scrapped in 1921.
• HMS Redpole (U69) was a Black Swan-class sloop launched in 1943 and scrapped in 1960.
• HMS Redpole (P259) was initially the Royal Air Force Long Range Recovery and Support Craft Sea Otter, and from 1985–1994 served the Royal Navy as the Bird-class patrol vessel HMS Redpole.

Citations and references[]

Citations

References

• Hepper, David J. (1994). British Warship Losses in the Age of Sail, 1650-1859. Rotherfield: Jean Boudriot. ISBN 0-948864-30-3. OCLC 622348295.
• Colledge, JJ; Barlow, Ben (2010). Ships of the British Navy. London: Casemate. p. 334. ISBN 9781612000275.

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