HMS Mariner
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Five ships of the Royal Navy
have been named HMS Mariner:
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 Mariner:
- The first , launched in 1801, was a 12-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...
, sold in 1814. - The second , launched in 1846, was a 16-gun brig, sold in 1865.
- The third Mariner, launched in 1844 as HMS JunoHMS Atalanta (1844)HMS Juno was a 26-gun Spartan-class sixth-rate frigate of the Royal Navy launched in 1844 at Pembroke. As HMS Juno, she carried out the historic role in 1857 of annexing the Cocos Islands to the British Empire...
was a 26-gun sixth-rateSixth-rateSixth rate was the designation used by the Royal Navy for small warships mounting between 20 and 24 nine-pounder guns on a single deck, sometimes with guns on the upper works and sometimes without.-Rating:...
, renamed Mariner in 1878, and renamed Atalanta in 1878. She foundered in the Atlantic in 1880. - The fourth , launched in 1884, was a Mariner-classMariner class gunvesselThe Mariner class was a class of 8-gun gunvessels built for the Royal Navy between 1883 and 1888.-Design:...
composite screw sloopSloop-of-warIn the 18th and most of the 19th centuries, a sloop-of-war was a warship with a single gun deck that carried up to eighteen guns. As the rating system covered all vessels with 20 guns and above, this meant that the term sloop-of-war actually encompassed all the unrated combat vessels including the...
, sold in 1929. - The fifth Mariner (J380)HMS Mariner (J380)HMS Mariner was an of the Royal Navy. She was built by the Port Arthur Shipbuilding Company , launched on 9 May 1944 and commissioned on 23 May 1944. She was sold to the Burmese Navy on 18 April 1958 and renamed Yan Myo Aung serving until 1982....
, launched in 1944, was an Algerine-classAlgerine class minesweeperThe Algerine-class was a class of minesweepers of the Royal Navy and the Commonwealth. 110 ships of the class were launched between 1942 and 1944 and served in World War II....
minesweeperMinesweeper (ship)A minesweeper is a small naval warship designed to counter the threat posed by naval mines. Minesweepers generally detect then neutralize mines in advance of other naval operations.-History:...
. She was transferred to the Burmese Navy in 1958 and renamed Yan Myo Aung.