HMS Bermuda

Eight vessels of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Bermuda, after the island of Bermuda.

• HMS Bermuda (1795) was a 14-gun brig-sloop purchased in 1795, and disappeared in September 1796 in the Gulf of Florida.^[1]
• HMS Bermuda (1805) was an 18-gun sloop-of-war launched in 1805 and wrecked 22 April 1808 with no loss of life.^[2]
• HMS Bermuda (1808) was a 10-gun brig-sloop built by John Pelham of Frindsbury and launched 1808; she was wrecked 16 November 1816, with the loss of one life.^[3]
• HMS Bermuda (1813) was a pilot boat acquired in 1813 and broken up 1841.
• HMS Bermuda (1819) was a schooner purchased 1819 and foundered in March 1821 near Bermuda with the loss of her entire crew.^[4]
• HMS Bermuda (1848) was a 3-gun schooner launched 1848 and wrecked 20 January 1855, with no loss of life.^[5]
• HMS Bermuda (floating dock) was a Floating Dock, towed to the Bermuda Dockyard in 1869 by HMS Warrior, HMS Black Prince and Terrible.
• HMS Bermuda (C52) was a cruiser launched 1941 and broken up 1965.

See also

• History of the Royal Navy in Bermuda

Sources

1. Hepper (1994), p.81.
2. Hepper (1994), p.123.
3. Hepper (1994), p.155.
4. Hepper (1994), p.157.
5. Hepper (1994), p.168.

References

• Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8. OCLC 67375475.
• Hepper, David J. (1994). British Warship Losses in the Age of Sail, 1650-1859. Rotherfield: Jean Boudriot. ISBN 0-948864-30-3.