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 that 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 1817.
• 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]
• AFD Bermuda was an Admiralty Floating Dock, towed to the Bermuda Dockyard in 1869 by HMS Warrior, HMS Black Prince and HMS 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.
• Hepper, David J. (1994). British Warship Losses in the Age of Sail, 1650–1859. Rotherfield: Jean Boudriot. ISBN 0-948864-30-3.