HMS Swordfish
Three ships of the
Royal Navy
have been named
HMS
Swordfish
after the
fish
.
HMS
Swordfish
(1895)
was a 330-ton
destroyer
launched in 1895 and sold in 1910.
HMS
Swordfish
(1916)
was a
steam
-powered
submarine
launched in 1916. She was converted into a surface patrol boat in 1917 and renamed
S1
.
HMS
Swordfish
(61S)
was an
S-class submarine
launched in 1931 and sunk by a
naval mine
in the
English Channel
in 1940.