HMS Shamrock
Three ships of the Royal Navy have been named
Shamrock
, after
the plant
:
HMS
Shamrock
(1808)
, a
schooner
built at Bermuda in 1808 and wrecked in 1811. She was the name-ship of her
class
of 10-gun schooners.
HMS
Shamrock
(1812)
, an unrated
brig-sloop
transferred to HM Revenue Service in 1833 and sold in 1867.
[
1
]
HMS
Shamrock
(1918)
, an
S-class
destroyer
built in
Sunderland
, launched 1918 and scrapped in 1936.
[
2
]
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Winfield (2008), pp. 346-47.
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Sunderland in the Great War
, By Clive Dunn, Gillian Dunn, page 85