HMS Pegasus is a Royal Navy Reserve unit that supports the Fleet Air Arm in times of stretch, crisis, tension and war. It is administered from RNAS Yeovilton (HMS Heron), there is also a satellite office at RNAS Culdrose (HMS Seahawk).[1] Previously the name has been given to nine ships in the British Royal Navy including:
HMS Pegasus (1776), a ship sloop, was launched in 1776 but foundered a year later.
HMS Pegasus (1779), a 28-gun sixth-rate frigate launched in 1779 and sold in 1816. At one stage her captain was Prince William Henry, later William IV of the United Kingdom.
HMS Pegase (1782), a 74-gun third-rate ship of the line, captured from the French in 1782.
HMS Pegasus was a Cormorant-class wooden-hulled screw gun vessel ordered in 1861 but cancelled in 1863.
HMS Pegasus (1878), a 1,140-ton Doterel-class sloop launched in 1878.
HMS Pegasus (1897), a 2,135-ton Pelorus-class cruiser launched in 1897.
HMS Pegasus (1917), a 3,300-ton seaplane tender, launched on 9 June 1917.
HMS Pegasus (1934), the world's first purpose-built seaplane carrier, commissioned as HMS Ark Royal, but renamed Pegasus in 1934.
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commissioned as HMS Ark Royal, but renamed Pegasus in 1934. USS Pegasus, name of two ships of the United States Navy Pegasus (disambiguation) "HMSPegasus". royalnavy...
Africa, the German cruiser SMS Königsberg learned that a British cruiser, HMSPegasus, which had been part of the Royal Navy's Cape Squadron sent to counter...
the lead Pegasus-class hydrofoils, operated by the U.S. Navy 1974–1993. Pegasus-class hydrofoil, a series of U.S. Navy patrol boats HMSPegasus, the name...
comprising some 320 personnel, HMSPegasus is one of the biggest Units in the Royal Naval Reserve. The name HMSPegasus has a long and interesting history...
General Delancey. William became a lieutenant in 1785 and captain of HMSPegasus the following year, during which he spent time in the colonies of Newfoundland...
Reserve. HMS President HMS Scotia HMS Cambria HMS Dalriada HMS Flying Fox HMS Calliope HMS Eaglet HMS Vivid HMS Sherwood HMS King Alfred HMS Forward HMS Hibernia...
naval personnel.[page needed][page needed] HMSPegasus - used as training ship and aircraft transport HMS Albatross - ex-RAN, converted to "Landing Ship...
freighter, built as seaplane carrier during the First World War, renamed Pegasus in 1934 HMS Ark Royal (91), British aircraft carrier launched in 1937 which participated...
USS Winston S. Churchill, the British Naval Ensign is authorised to be used at the HMS Seraph memorial on the campus of The Citadel. The White Ensign also flies...
early hours, escorted by two tugs and HMS Torquay. The original Pegasus Bridge now resides in the grounds of the Pegasus Museum. The museum was inaugurated...
within. For example, HMS Bellerophon, HMS Charon, HMS Orion, HMS Leander, HMS Minotaur, HMSPegasus, HMS Phaeton, HMS Theseus, HMS Venus. In 1794 a Latin-language...
HMS Milford 1695 HMS Arundel 1695 HMS Rye 1696 HMS Scarborough 1696 HMS Looe (i) 1696 HMS Lynn 1696 HMS Fowey 1696 HMS Southsea Castle (i) 1696 HMS Gosport...
by the German cruiser SMS Königsberg on the British protected cruiser HMSPegasus during World War One. Interms of marine protection, Changuu and Chapwani...
Anchorage bay in 1908, who were stranded for sixty days until rescued by HMSPegasus. The last wreck at the Antipodes was the yacht Totorore with the loss...
War.[citation needed] HMS Childers was under the command of Lieutenant Robert Barlow, who later commanded the frigate HMSPegasus at the Glorious First...
merchant cruiser sunk by a ship of the same class; she was destroyed by HMS Carmania, also a converted ocean liner, in a furious action in the South...
Seven IIICs were deployed to Arkhangelsk in 1919 by the seaplane tender HMSPegasus in support of the North Russian Expeditionary Force. They were used to...
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