HMS Royalist
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Several ships of the Royal Navy
have been named HMS Royalist:
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 Royalist:
- HMS Royalist (1807), (18 guns). Built in 1807, at SandwichSandwichA sandwich is a food item, typically consisting of two or more slices of :bread with one or more fillings between them, or one slice of bread with a topping or toppings, commonly called an open sandwich. Sandwiches are a widely popular type of lunch food, typically taken to work or school, or...
, a Cruizer classCruizer class brig-sloopThe Cruizer class was an 18-gun class of brig-sloops of the Royal Navy. Brig-sloops were the same as ship-sloops except for their rigging...
brig sloop which had an active career during the Napoleonic WarsNapoleonic WarsThe Napoleonic Wars were a series of wars declared against Napoleon's French Empire by opposing coalitions that ran from 1803 to 1815. As a continuation of the wars sparked by the French Revolution of 1789, they revolutionised European armies and played out on an unprecedented scale, mainly due to...
. Sold in 1819. - HMS Royalist (1823), built in 1823 at Portsmouth, a small Cherokee class brig sloop, which spent much of its life as a tender to battleships. Sold in 1838.
- HMS Royalist (1841), ex Mary Gordon, purchased in China in 1841, 6 guns. Became a hulk in 1856.
- HMS Royalist (1883)HMS Royalist (1883)HMS Royalist was an Satellite-class composite screw sloop of the Royal Navy, built at Devonport Dockyard and launched on 7 March 1883. She was later reclassified as a corvette. Initially on service with the Cape of Good Hope Station, she commenced service on the Australia Station in May 1888....
, launched 1883, was a Satellite-classSatellite class sloopThe Satellite class was a class of 12-gun composite sloops built for the Royal Navy between 1883 and 1888, and reclassified as corvettes in 1884.-Design:...
corvetteCorvetteA corvette is a small, maneuverable, lightly armed warship, originally smaller than a frigate and larger than a coastal patrol craft or fast attack craft , although many recent designs resemble frigates in size and role...
. - HMS Royalist (1915)HMS Royalist (1915)HMS Royalist was an Arethusa-class light cruiser of the Royal Navy launched on 14 January 1915 at William Beardmore and Company's shipyard....
, launched 1915, was an Arethusa-class light cruiserLight cruiserA light cruiser is a type of small- or medium-sized warship. The term is a shortening of the phrase "light armored cruiser", describing a small ship that carried armor in the same way as an armored cruiser: a protective belt and deck...
that served in World War IWorld War IWorld War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...
. - HMS Royalist (1942)HMS Royalist (89)HMS Royalist was a Dido-class light cruiser of the Bellona subgroup of the Royal Navy. She was a modified Dido design with only four turrets but improved AA armament - aka Dido Group 2. She was built by Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company with the keel being laid down on 21 March 1940...
, a Bellona-class cruiser