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Description: | DOGGER BANK HERMIONE 1799 CHINA 1858-1860 BELGIAN COAST 1917 ATLANTIC 1941-1942 NORTH SEA 1942 SOLA NOBILITAS VERITAS
HISTORY OF SHIP'S NAME 1745-1770 6TH RATE 588 TONS 24 GUNS. 1746 CAPTURED FRENCH 12 GUN PRIVATEER LAURETTE. 1775-1783 6TH RATE 594 TONS 28 GUNS 1776 RELIEF OF QUEBEC. 1779 CAPTURED AMERICAN PRIVATEER "WILDCAT" OFF NEWFOUNDLAND. 1780 CAPTURED FRENCH PRIVATEER "DUGUAY TROUIN". 1778-1783 SLOOP 18 GUNS WAS THE CAPTURED AMERICAN PRIVATEER "BUNKERS HILL" NAMED "SURPRISE" AS EXPRESSIVE OF THE MANNER IN WHICH SHE WAS TAKEN. 1796-1802 5TH RATE 579 TONS 28 GUNS WAS THE FRENCH CORVETTE "UNITE", TAKEN BY HMS "INCONSTANT". 1798-1800 WEST INDIES. CAPTURED OR DESTROYED 80 ARMED VESSELS AND MERCHANTMEN. 1799 BOATS FROM SURPRISE CUT OUT THE EX BRITISH SHIP FRIGATE "HERMIONE" (44) DEFENDED BY 400 SPANIARDS AND THE BATTERIES OF PUERTO-CABELLO.CAPTAIN EDWARD HAMILTON OF SURPRISE WAS KNIGHTED AND RECEIVED THE CAPTAINS GOLD MEDAL. 1812 -1837 5TH RATE 1063 TONS 38 GUNS. 1813 CAPTURED THE AMERICAN PRIVATEER "DECAJUR". 1856-1866 SCREW GUN VESSEL 680 TONS, 200 H.P. 4 GUNS 1858 BOMBARDMENT OF CANTON. CAPTURE OF TAKU FORTS. 1861-1866 MEDITERRANEAN STATION. CHARLES II ESCAPED TO FRANCE IN 1651 IN A BRIG NAMED "SURPRISE" WHICH AT THE RESTORATION WAS PURCHASED FOR THE ROYAL NAVY AND RENAMED "ROYAL ESCAPE". 1885-1913 DESPATCH VESSEL 1650 TONS SERVED IN THE MEDITERRANEAN UNTIL 1913 WHEN RENAMED "ALACRITY" ON TRANSFER TO CHINA STATION. 1917 DESTROYER 910 TONS 2300 H.P. 3&4" GUNS JUNE 5TH BOMBARDMENT OF OSTEND DEC 23RD SUNK BY MINE IN NORTH SEA. 1918 - 1942 DESPATCH VESSEL 1140 TONS 1918-1923 TAKEN OVER IN 1918 AS A DESPATCH VESSEL SOLD IN 1923. 1939-1942 REQUISITIONED FOR WAR SERVICE AS AN A/S VESSEL PLYMOUTH COMMAND, THE NORE AND SOUTH ATLANTIC. 1942 BURNT OUT AT LAGOS 28TH FEB. 1946 DESPATCH VESSEL EX "GERRANS BAY", EX "LOCH CARRON" 1500 TONS 5500 H.P. 2 4" GUNS 2BOFORS BUILT BY SMITH DOCK Co LTD AT MIDDLESBOROUGH. 1953 JUNE 15TH CORONATION REVIEW. HM QUEEN ELIZABETH REVIEWED FLEETS IN SURPRISE AT SPITHEAD.
HMS Surprise
Honour's board decorated with a list of battles and actions of all the Royal Navy fighting vessels named 'H.M.S. Surprise' from 1774-1945.
caption: Record Shot - Do not reproduce. | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | Surprise [HMS] honours boards | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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