Five ships of the Royal Navy have been named Sharpshooter (or Sharp Shooter).
HMS Sharpshooter (1805) was a 12-gun brig launched in 1805. She was sold in 1816.
HMS Sharpshooter (1846) was an iron screw gunvessel launched in 1846. She was sold in 1869.
HMS Sharpshooter (1888) was a torpedo gunboat launched in 1888. In 1912 she was renamed Northampton and reduced to harbour service. Sold in 1922 and broken up.
HMS Sharpshooter (1917) was an R-class destroyer launched in 1917 and scrapped in 1927.
HMS Sharpshooter (J68) was a Halcyon-class minesweeper launched in 1936. Converted to a survey ship and renamed Shackleton in 1953 she was scrapped in 1965.
List of ships with the same or similar names
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been named Sharpshooter (or Sharp Shooter). HMSSharpshooter (1805) was a 12-gun brig launched in 1805. She was sold in 1816. HMSSharpshooter (1846) was...
Plinlimmon HMS Princess Elizabeth HMS Queen Of Thanet HMS Ross HMS Salamander HMS Saltash HMS Sandown HMSSharpshooterHMS Skipjack HMS Snaefell HMS Speedwell...
August 1810. HMS Spanker (1856), an Albacore-class wooden screw gunboat in service from 1856 to 1874. HMS Spanker (1889), a Sharpshooter-class torpedo...
for breaking up in 1905. HMS Northampton was previously HMSSharpshooter, a torpedo gunboat launched in 1888 and renamed HMS Northampton in 1912 when...
HMS Franklin (1938–52) HMS Gleaner (1938–39) HMS Jason (1938–39) HMS Scott (1939–64) HMS Seagull (1946–50) HMSSharpshooter (1946–62) – renamed HMS Shackleton, 1955...
introduced the quick-firing 4.7-inch gun in HMSSharpshooter in 1889, and the quick-firing 6-inch MK 1 in HMS Royal Sovereign, launched 1891. Other navies...
airstrike from HMS Victorious on 9 March caused Tirpitz to seek refuge in Narvik. 24 March 1942: Convoy QP 9 escort HMSSharpshooter sank U-655. 27 March...
wrecked 1859. HMS Wizard (1860) was a Britomart-class gunboat launched in August 1860 and scrapped 1879. HMS Wizard (1889) was a Sharpshooter-class torpedo...
J68 may refer to: Augmented truncated dodecahedron HMSSharpshooter (J68), a minesweeper of the Royal Navy LNER Class J68, a British steam locomotive class...
1816. HMS Whiting (1856) was an Albacore-class wooden screw gunboat launched in 1856 and broken up in 1881. HMS Whiting (1889) was a Sharpshooter-class...
generally displayed on the ship's hull, though not on destroyer leaders such as HMS Montrose pennant D1. In May–June 1940 the Royal Navy was in the process of...
comprised four minesweepers and distant cover was provided by the cruiser HMS Sheffield The following information is from the Arnold Hague Convoy Database...
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fixing the position of surveying ships when out of sight of land in HMSSharpshooter. In the late 1950s, as a rear admiral, he was appointed Hydrographer...
minesweepers was made difficult by fog; HMS Britomart and Salamander were stuck in the Kola Inlet but Sharpshooter sailed, followed a while later by Hazard...
submarine U-655 was rammed and sunk in the Barents Sea by the minesweeper HMSSharpshooter. The romantic drama film To the Shores of Tripoli starring John Payne...
18:30. Thirty-three survivors were rescued by HMSSharpshooter. The majority of them were transferred to HMS Scylla and five were landed at Archangelsk for...
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