HMS Surinam

Three ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Surinam, after an English variation of Suriname:

• HMS Surinam was an 18-gun sloop, previously the French Hussard or Hussar.^[1] She was captured in 1799, captured by the Dutch in 1803 but recaptured in 1807 and re-added the following year. She may have been briefly, or tentatively renamed Samarang or Sasnarang. She was listed until 1809.
• HMS Surinam was a 16-gun sloop, previously the Dutch Pylades.^[2] She was seized in May 1804 at the capture of Surinam, was paid off in June, but was listed until 1808.
• HMS Surinam was an 18-gun Cruizer-class brig-sloop launched in 1805 and sold in 1825.

References

Citations

1. The London Gazette: no. 15194. p. 1052. 12 October 1799.
2. The London Gazette: no. 15712. p. 758. 19 June 1804.

Bibliography

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.