Five ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Herald:
HMS Herald (1806) was an 18-gun ship sloop launched in 1806, re-classed as a 20-gun sixth rate in 1810 and 24-gun in 1817, and broken up in 1817.
HMS Herald (1824) was a 500-ton, 28-gun sixth-rate, launched as HMS Termagant in 1822 and renamed in 1824. She served as a survey ship under Henry Kellett and Henry Mangles Denham and was sold in 1864.
HMS Herald (1890) was a paddle river gunboat launched in 1890 and sold in 1903.
HMS Herald (1923) was a 24-class minesweeping sloop launched as HMS Merry Hampton in 1918, renamed in 1923 and converted to a survey ship. She was scuttled in 1942 at Seletar, Singapore Naval Base, raised by the Japanese, renamed Heiyo, and sunk by a mine on 14 November 1944.
HMS Herald (H138) was a hydrographic survey ship launched in 1973 and sold in 2001.
Five ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMSHerald: HMSHerald (1806) was an 18-gun ship sloop launched in 1806, re-classed as a 20-gun sixth rate...
mission of HMS Rattlesnake. Following disagreements with the captain, naturalist John MacGillivray disembarks at Sydney in January 1854. Herald was a 500-ton...
exploration of the American west coast and Pacific by Henry Kellett on HMSHerald, 1847–1851, along with the naturalists Thomas Edmondston, and John Goodridge...
was ordered to HMSHerald at the East India Station. Travelling to Sydney in Australia to join his ship Gore could not find the Herald so instead joined...
(1955–70) HMS Endurance (1968–91) HMS Endurance (1991–2008) Hecla class HMS Hecla (1964–97) HMS Hecate (1965–90) HMS Hydra (1966–86) HMSHerald (1974–2001)...
reported in The Sydney Gazette 30 January 1819. Captain H. M. Denham of HMSHerald surveyed the reefs in 1854 and renamed them after the Australian whaler...
pp. 267–. ISBN 978-0-89236-231-8. Andrew David (1995). The Voyage of HMSHerald to Australia and the South-west Pacific, 1852–1861 Under the Command of...
which was subsequently in common usage. Captain Henry Mangles Denham of HMSHerald charted the island in 1854. The last regular occupants, Tom Bell and his...
launched in 1796 and sold in 1819. HMS Termagant (1822) was a 28-gun sixth rate launched in 1822. She was renamed HMSHerald in 1824. when she became a survey...
settlement on the island. From 1851 to 1854, Henry Denham captain of HMSHerald, which was on a scientific expedition to the southwest Pacific (1852–1856)...
first attempted dedicated survey of Elizabeth Reef was in June 1853, when HMSHerald, under Denham, after having surveyed Middleton Reef between 5 and 22 June...
April 1812. The French aviso Duroc wrecked on the reef on 16 August 1856. HMSHerald erected the first beacon on the cay, using wreckage from Duroc. Frederick...
expedition aboard HMS Plover and HMSHerald through the Bering Strait. He was given command of HMS Enterprise, accompanied by HMS Investigator. Because...
sea. On 18 February 1852, Denham was appointed captain of HMSHerald. As captain of HMSHerald, he carried out major survey work around Australia, New Caledonia...
(HMS Cardiff, HMS Exeter, HMS Manchester, HMS Gloucester, HMS York) Support ships Hecla class (HMSHerald, HMS Hecla) Submarines Oberon class (HMS Opossum...
with no success. In 1849, Henry Kellett, captain of HMSHerald, landed on and named it Herald Island. He erroneously thought he saw another island to...
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