Four ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Topaze, after the French word for the gemstone Topaz:
HMS Topaze (1793), a 38-gun fifth rate, previously the French frigate Topaze. She was handed over to the British in 1793 by French royalists, and was sold in 1814.
HMS Topaze (1814), a 38-gun fifth rate, previously the French frigate Étoile. She was captured by Hebrus in 1814 and became a receiving ship in 1823. She was used as a target from 1850 and broken up in 1851.
HMS Topaze (1858), a Liffey-class wood screw frigate launched in 1858 and sold in 1884.
HMS Topaze (1903), a Topaze-class cruiser launched in 1903, and sold in 1921.
There was also a naval trawler named Topaze. She was formerly the trawler Melbourne launched in 1935, and used for anti-submarine training during the Second World War, before she sank after a collision with HMS Rodney in 1941. She does not seem to have been formally commissioned into the Royal Navy, and does not have the HMS prefix.
List of ships with the same or similar names
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the name HMSTopaze, after the French word for the gemstone Topaz: HMSTopaze (1793), a 38-gun fifth rate, previously the French frigate Topaze. She was...
directed by Pagnol Topaze (1966 film), an Australian television play adaptation Mr. Topaze, a 1961 film starring Peter Sellers HMSTopaze, the name of four...
cable vessel. HMS Amethyst (1873) was an Amethyst-class screw corvette launched in 1873 and sold in 1887. HMS Amethyst (1903) was a Topaze-class cruiser...
Van Tilburg, Jo Anne (2006). Remote Possibilities: Hoa Hakananai'a and HMSTopaze on Rapa Nui. British Museum Research Papers. Vol. 158. London: British...
she thought of him with "contempt" and even "horror". Whilst serving in HMSTopaze Sydney Dickens was invalided by ill health on 22 April 1872. He returned...
governor turned down the British demand. In response, in December 1820, HMSTopaze and ships and troops belonging to the British East India Company attacked...
Van Tilburg, Jo Anne (2006). Remote Possibilities: Hoa Hakananai'a and HMSTopaze on Rapa Nui. British Museum Research Papers. Wikimedia Commons has media...
converted to Christianity, Orongo fell into disuse. In 1868, the crew of HMSTopaze removed the huge basalt moai known as Hoa Hakananai'a from Orongo. It...
Scotsman is also remembered in his former island home. In 1869 the crew of HMSTopaze placed a bronze tablet at a spot called Selkirk's Lookout on a mountain...
and crew. They boarded a small fleet consisting of two frigates, (HMSTopaze and HMS Sparrowhawk), five gunboats, several brigs, and transport sloops....
and sold in 1885. HMS Diamond (1874), a 14-gun Amethyst-class corvette launched in 1874 and sold in 1889. HMS Diamond (1904), a Topaze-class cruiser built...
rate, formerly the French frigate Topaze. She was captured in 1809 and commissioned as HMS Jewel. She was renamed HMS Alcmene later that year and was broken...
Cruiser – HMS Argonaut Association". Retrieved 14 August 2021. "HMS Badsworth, escort destroyer". www.naval-history.net. Retrieved 14 August 2021. "HMS Beaufort...
Amethyst-class wooden screw corvette launched in 1874 and sold in 1892. HMS Sapphire (1904) was a Topaze-class third-class protected cruiser launched in 1904 and sold...
Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Jewel : HMS Jewel (1809) was a 38-gun fifth rate, formerly the French frigate Topaze captured in 1809 initially named...
1852 HMS Euryalus 1853 HMS Aurora 1861 HMS Forte 1858 HMS Chesapeake 1855 Liffey class 1856 HMS Liffey 1856 HMS Shannon 1855 HMSTopaze 1858 HMS Bacchante...
cruiser HMS Skirmisher in 1907. Promoted to captain on 30 June 1908, he became captain of the 4th Destroyer Flotilla in the cruiser HMSTopaze in August...
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