HMS Pearl
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HMS Pearl may refer to:
, a fourth-rate of 42 guns launched in 1708; a detachment of its crew under Lieutenant Robert Maynard
Robert Maynard
Captain Robert Maynard RN was a lieutenant and later captain in the Royal Navy, First Lieutenant of HMS Pearl, most famous for defeating the infamous English pirate Blackbeard in battle.- Naval commands and battles :...

 killed Blackbeard
Blackbeard
Edward Teach , better known as Blackbeard, was a notorious English pirate who operated around the West Indies and the eastern coast of the American colonies....

 in 1718; broken up in 1722, a fourth-rate of 42 guns launched in 1726 and sold in 1744, a fifth-rate of 44 guns launched in 1744 and sold in 1759, a fifth-rate of 32 guns launched in 1762, renamed Prothee in 1825, and sold in 1832, a sloop of 20 guns launched in 1828, a corvette of 21 guns launched in 1855, a Pearl-class cruiser
Pearl class cruiser
The Pearl-class cruiser was a class of nine third-class cruisers designed by Sir William White, five of which were paid for by Australia under the terms of the Imperial Defence Act of 1887 to serve in Australian waters.-Design:...

 launched in 1890 and sold for scrap in 1906

See also

  • Pearl (disambiguation), for other ships of this name
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