Five ships of the Royal Navy have been named Harpy.
HMS Harpy (1777) was launched at Liverpool, the Navy having purchased her on the stocks. In 1799 she was converted to a fireship. The Navy sold her in 1783 and she became a whaler and a merchantman sailing for the Sierra Leone Company. The French Navy captured her in 1794 and they employed her as Harcourt and later Hardie. The French Navy struck her from the lists in 1796.
HMS Harpy (1796) – a brig-sloop in service 1796–1817.
HMS Harpy (1825) – a brig-sloop in service 1825–1841[1]
HMS Harpy (1845) – a gunboat in service 1845–1892[2]
HMS Harpy (1909) – a Beagle-class torpedo boat destroyer in service 1910–1921[3]
Five ships of the Royal Navy have been named Harpy. HMSHarpy (1777) was launched at Liverpool, the Navy having purchased her on the stocks. In 1799 she...
1902 and commander on the outbreak of World War I in 1914, he commanded HMSHarpy in the Mediterranean Fleet from 1913 to 1915; seeing action at Gallipoli...
Leyden and Fourcoing by the 18-gun brig-sloop HMSHarpy on 8 May, sharing in the capture with the 14-gun sloop HMS Savage. Leyden and Fourcoing had been sailing...
flotilla. These were met by a squadron with HMS Immortalité under Capt. Edward Owen, HMS Hebe HMS Arab and HMSHarpy. This separate action often gets convoluted...
day. Birchall was given command of the 18-gun brig HMSHarpy in March 1800. On 9 January 1801, Harpy and the revenue cutter Greyhound, recaptured the 12-gun...
avoided. HMS Champion, HMS Dart, HMS Wolverine, HMS Crash, and HMS Acute HMS Kite, HMS Cracker, HMS Asp, Vigilant, and HMS Biter HMS Tartarus and HMS Hecla...
(from Lord Hornblower by C. S. Forester) Friday (from a 1970s urban myth) Harpy (from Mr Midshipman Easy by Captain Frederick Marryat) Hotspur (from Hornblower...
the rank of surgeon in 1796. He served in HMSHarpy, HMS La Nymphe, and HMS Boadicea. He was surgeon in HMS Superb in the second battle of Algeciras,...
5″N 29°19′4.7″E / 36.356806°N 29.317972°E / 36.356806; 29.317972 The Harpy Tomb is a marble chamber from a pillar tomb that stands in the abandoned...
coast of Uruguay. She was on a voyage from Cádiz to Monte Video, Uruguay. HMSHarpy ( Royal Navy) was sent to her assistance. Mary United Kingdom The barque...
Kingdom The ship ran aground on the English Bank, in the River Plate before 29 March. She was later refloated with assistance from HMSHarpy ( Royal Navy)....
Spartan: Total Warrior Lord Castor, fictional character in the 2007 movie The Harpy Castor, fictional character in Tron: Legacy, portrayed by Michael Sheen...
by a tomb, most certainly belonging to Kheriga, in a way similar to the Harpy Tomb. The top most likely fell down during an earthquake in ancient times...
to write original Bond stories, starting with the 1968 storyline "The Harpies". The Daily Express discontinued publishing James Bond comic strips in...
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