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Seven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Kite, after the kite, a bird of prey:

  • HMS Kite (1764) was a 6-gun cutter launched in 1764 and sold in 1771.
  • HMS Kite (1778) was a 12-gun cutter purchased in 1778, rated as a sloop between 1779 and 1783, and sold in 1793.
  • HMS Kite (1795) was a 16-gun brig-sloop launched in 1795 and sold in 1805.
  • HMS Kite (1805) was a 16-gun brig-sloop launched in 1805 and sold in 1815.
  • HMS Kite (1826) was a wooden paddle vessel, previously the GPO ship Aetna. She was launched in 1826, transferred to the navy in 1837 and sold in 1864.
  • HMS Kite (1871) was an iron Ant-class screw gunboat launched in 1871 and sold in 1920, becoming a dredger.
  • HMS Kite (U87) was a Modified Black Swan-class sloop launched in 1942 and sunk by a German U-boat in 1944.

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HMS Kite

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borne the name HMS Kite, after the kite, a bird of prey: HMS Kite (1764) was a 6-gun cutter launched in 1764 and sold in 1771. HMS Kite (1778) was a 12-gun...

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Lancelot Holland

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Frederic John Walker

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a course at the newly founded anti-submarine warfare training school of HMS Osprey, on the Isle of Portland, which was established in 1924. Walker consequently...

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off Southend, she came under the authority of the Thames naval control at HMS Leigh located at the end of Southend Pier. The harbourmaster, responsible...

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U87

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Tsushima Maru

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List of Royal Navy losses in World War II

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Arctic naval operations of World War II

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German destroyer Z23

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SS Savannah

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Battle of Zealand Point

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taken during the Battle of Copenhagen), HMS Stately, HMS Vanguard, and two brigs, HMS Constant and HMS Kite, to secure the waters. While this was going...

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Battle of Ningpo

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after the outbreak of war between China and Britain, the British warship HMS Kite became grounded near Ningbo. The survivors of the shipwreck were captured...

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Robert Cavendish Spencer

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the brig HMS Pelorus, in October 1812. On 22 January 1813 Spencer was promoted to be commander of HMS Kite, from which he was moved into HMS Espoir, one...

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Henry Trollope

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States' side he successfully petitioned to be given command of the cutter HMS Kite. Kite was stationed on the Downs Station and Trollope saw the opportunity...

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6 in 1

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List of shipwrecks in August 1944

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