HMS Mariner
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Five ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Mariner:
- The first Mariner, launched in 1801, was a 12-gun brig, sold in 1814.
- The second Mariner, launched in 1846, was a 16-gun brig, sold in 1865.
- The third Mariner, launched in 1844 as Juno was a 26-gun sixth-rate, renamed Mariner in 1878, and renamed Atalanta in 1878. She foundered in the Atlantic in 1880.
- The fourth Mariner, launched in 1884, was a composite screw sloop, sold in 1929.
- The fifth Mariner (J380), launched in 1944, was an Algerine-class minesweeper. She was transferred to the Burmese Navy in 1958 and renamed Yan Myo Aung.
References
- J. J. Colledge, Ships of the Royal Navy, Greenhill Books, 1987.
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