HMS Locust
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At least three ships of the British
Royal Navy
have been named HMS Locust, for the insect
.
United Kingdom
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Royal Navy
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 been named HMS Locust, for the insect
Locust
Locusts are the swarming phase of short-horned grasshoppers of the family Acrididae. These are species that can breed rapidly under suitable conditions and subsequently become gregarious and migratory...
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- HMS Locust was a 14-gun, brigBrigA brig is a sailing vessel with two square-rigged masts. During the Age of Sail, brigs were seen as fast and manoeuvrable and were used as both naval warships and merchant vessels. They were especially popular in the 18th and early 19th centuries...
, launched at Rotherhithe in 1801, that served in the Channel and was sold in 1814. - HMS LocustHMS Locust (1896)HMS Locust was a B-class torpedo boat destroyer of the British Royal Navy. She was launched by Laird, Son & Company, Birkenhead, on 5 December 1896....
— a B-class, torpedo boat destroyer; completed in 1896. - HMS LocustHMS Locust (1939)HMS Locust was a river gunboat of the Royal Navy, one of the Locust class of four gunboats, named after the locust, an insect.Launched on 28 September 1939 and commissioned on 17 May 1940, she survived the Second World War despite being severely damaged multiple times, including taking a shell hit...
— a World War II, gunboat