Badge of HMS Moorhen. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich
Three ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Moorhen, after the moorhen, a water bird:
HMS Moorhen (1875) was a Forester-class composite screw gunboat launched in 1875 and sold in 1888.
HMS Moorhen was a composite paddle vessel launched in 1880 as HMS Niger. She was renamed HMS Cockatrice in 1881, and HMS Moorhen in 1896. She was sold in 1899.
HMS Moorhen (1901) was a river gunboat launched in 1901 and sold in 1933.
List of ships with the same or similar names
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HMSMoorhen, after the moorhen, a water bird: HMSMoorhen (1875) was a Forester-class composite screw gunboat launched in 1875 and sold in 1888. HMS Moorhen...
Moorhens—sometimes called marsh hens—are medium-sized water birds that are members of the rail family (Rallidae). Most species are placed in the genus...
personnel from the ship were used to commission and man the river gunboat HMSMoorhen. After the refit's conclusion, Psyche patrolled in Chinese waters, before...
in 1869. HMS Niger (1880) was a composite paddle vessel launched in 1880, renamed Cockatrice in 1881, Moorhen in 1896, and sold in 1899. HMS Niger (1892)...
and renamed again to HMS Moorhen in 1896. She was sold in 1899. HMS Cockatrice was originally a first class gunboat called HMS Bramble, launched in 1886...
(Pterodroma incerta). The island is also home to the almost flightless Gough moorhen, and the critically endangered Gough bunting. The island has been identified...
the world, is found only on Inaccessible Island. In 1956, eight Gough moorhens were released at Sandy Point on Tristan and have subsequently colonised...
frigatebirds, coots, martins (swallows), cuckoos, and yellow warblers. Ducks and moorhens have been reported in the lagoon. The coral reef on the north side of the...
gallinules, herons (including egrets), bald eagles, anhingas, ospreys, common moorhens, wood ducks, black vultures and turkey vultures. Wakulla cave consists...
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combinedfleet.com. Retrieved 3 June 2019. "HMS Gossamer of the Royal Navy". Uboat. Retrieved 25 June 2013. "HMS MMS 8 of the Royal Navy". Uboat. Retrieved...
rounds into the ship, which caused the midship superstructure to catch fire. HMS St. Zeno saw the fire and also fired a shot at the tanker, under the authorization...
September and was bound for Liverpool. HX 72 had only one escort, the AMC HMS Jervis Bay. On 20 September Jervis Bay left HX 72 to escort a westbound convoy...
Beach included four Empire ships: Empire Bunting, Empire Flamingo, Empire Moorhen and Empire Waterhen. Gooseberry 5 at Ouistreham included three Empire ships:...
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as having written the first account of the island's endemic flightless moorhen, the species Gallinula comeri, named after him. Comer wrote of them: They...
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-9.500. Eight members of Wentworth's 34 crew were killed. The destroyer HMS Vansittart rescued 26 survivors, including Captain Elsdon and one DEMS gunner...
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