HMS Solent

Two ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Solent, after the Solent, a stretch of water between the Isle of Wight and mainland England:

• HMS Solent (1907), a War Department submarine mining vessel Solent, built in 1885,[1] transferred to the Navy as a storeship in 1907, and sold later that year[2]
• HMS Solent (P262) was an S-class submarine, launched in 1944 and broken up in 1961

References

1. Habesch, David (2001). The Army's Navy : British Military Vessels and their History since Henry VIII. London: Chatham. p. 203. ISBN 1-86176-157-0.
2. Colledge, J J. Ships of the Royal Navy: An Historical Index, Vol 1. Newton Abbot: David & Charles. p. 514.

See also

• List of ships named Solent