HMS Protector
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Seven ships of the British
Royal Navy
have been called HMS Protector:
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have been called HMS Protector:
- Protector, a 44 gun fifth rate listed in 1749 which served in India, and was wrecked on 1 January 1776 by a cycloneCycloneIn meteorology, a cyclone is an area of closed, circular fluid motion rotating in the same direction as the Earth. This is usually characterized by inward spiraling winds that rotate anticlockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and clockwise in the Southern Hemisphere of the Earth. Most large-scale...
near Pondicherry. - Protector, a fireship in service in 1758.
- Protector was a 178 ton 12-gun brig launched on 1 February 1805. Converted to a survey ship in 1817, she was sold for breaking up in 1833.
- Protector, a Britomart-class gunboat laid down at Portsmouth in 1861 and cancelled on 12 December 1863., a net layerNet laying shipA net laying ship, also known as a net layer, net tender or boom defence vessel was a type of small auxiliary ship.A net layer's primary function was to lay and maintain steel anti-torpedo or anti-submarine nets. Nets could be laid around an individual ship at anchor, or around harbors or other...
launched in 1936, and converted to an Antarctic patrol ship in 1955. Sold in 1970 for breaking up., a patrol vessel originally launched as the commercial vessel Seaforth Saga in 1975 and purchased by the Royal Navy in 1983 and sold in 1987., previously MV Polarbjørn, chartered in 2011 for three years as the Royal NavyRoyal NavyThe 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...
's Antarctic patrol ship, a temporary replacement for .