HMS Greyhound
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Sixteen different ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Greyhound, after the greyhound, a breed of dog notable for its speed.
English ship Greyhound (1545) was a 45-gun ship built in 1545, rebuilt 1558, and wrecked 1563
Greyhound was a ship in service in 1585
English ship Greyhound (1636) was a 12-gun ship launched in 1636 and blown up 1656 in action with the Spanish
English ship Greyhound (1657) was a 20-gun ship captured from the Royalists in 1657 and used as a fire ship in 1666
English ship Greyhound (1672) was a 16-gun sixth rate in service from 1672 to 1698
HMS Greyhound (1694) was a 6-gun bomb vessel purchased in 1694 and sold 1698
HMS Greyhound (1703) was a 42-gun fifth rate launched at Ipswich in 1703 and wrecked off Teignmouth (or Tynemouth?) August 1711
HMS Greyhound (1712) was a 20-gun sixth rate launched in 1712 and captured by the Spanish in 1718
HMS Greyhound (1719) was a 20-gun sixth rate launched in 1719, in Spanish hands from April 1722 for a short period, and broken up 1741
HMS Greyhound (1741) was a 20-gun sixth rate in service from 1741 to 1768
HMS Greyhound (1763) was a 15-gun cutter purchased in 1763, hulked in 1776, and sold 1780
HMS Greyhound (1773) was a 28-gun sixth rate launched in 1773 and wrecked 1780
HMS Greyhound (1780) was a 14-gun cutter purchased in 1780, renamed Viper in 1781, and sold in October 1809
HMS Greyhound (1783) was a 32-gun fifth rate launched 1783 and wrecked 1808. Because Greyhound served in the navy's Egyptian campaign between 8 March 1801 and 2 September, her officers and crew qualified for the clasp "Egypt" to the Naval General Service Medal, which the Admiralty authorised in 1850 for all surviving claimants.
HMS Euphrates (1813) was laid down as Greyhound, but renamed before launching
HMS Greyhound (1859) was a Greyhound-class sloop launched in 1859, reduced to harbour service in 1869, and sold 1906
HMS Greyhound (1900) was a Greyhound-class destroyer in service from 1900 to 1919
HMS Greyhound (H05) was a G-class destroyer launched in 1935 and sunk by German dive bombers in 1941
HMS Greyhound was to be a G-class destroyer, ordered in 1944 but cancelled in December 1945
See also
At least one revenue cutter Greyhound
The armed cutter Greyhound of 12 guns, hired from 10 August 1798 to 13 February 1799
English ship Flying Greyhound (1665), a 24-gun ship captured in 1665 and sold in 1667.
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Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of All Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy from the 15th Century to the Present (3rd Rev ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8. OCLC 67375475.
Winfield, Rif (2008).
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