Eleven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Unicorn, after the mythological creature, the unicorn:
HMS Unicorn (1544) was a 36-gun ship captured from Scotland in 1544 and sold in 1555.
HMS Unicorn (1634) was a 56-gun ship launched in 1634 and sold in 1687.
HMS Unicorn (1665) (or Little Unicorn) was an 18-gun fire ship originally in Dutch service as the Eenhoorn. She was captured in 1665 and expended on 4 June 1666, on the fourth day of the Four Days' Battle.[1]
HMS Unicorn (1666) was a 6-gun purchased in 1666 and sunk as a blockship at Chatham on 11 June 1667, together with five other vessels, in a futile attempt to block the Dutch from advancing up the River Medway.[2]
HMS Unicorn (1748) was a 28-gun sixth rate launched in 1748 and broken up in 1771.
HMS Unicorn (1776) was a 20-gun post ship launched in 1776. The French frigate Andromaque captured her[3] on 4 October 1780[4] took her into service as La Licorne. HMS Resource recaptured her in April 1781. The Royal Navy took her back into service as Unicorn Prize; she was broken up at Deptford in 1787.
HMS Unicorn (1782) was a 36-gun fifth rate launched in 1782. She was renamed HMS Thalia in 1783 and was broken up in 1814.
HMS Unicorn (1794) was a 32-gun fifth rate launched in 1794 and broken up in 1815.
HMS Unicorn (1824) is a Leda-class frigate, launched in 1824 and converted to a powder hulk in 1860. She was a Royal Naval Reserve drill ship from 1873. She was renamed Unicorn II in 1939 and Cressy from 1941 until 1959. She was handed over to a preservation society in 1968 and is preserved in Dundee as a museum ship.
HMS Unicorn (I72) was an aircraft maintenance carrier, launched in 1941 and broken up around 1960.
HMS Unicorn (S43) was an Upholder-class submarine launched in 1992. She was sold to Canada in 2001, who renamed her HMCS Windsor.
HMSUnicorn, after the mythological creature, the unicorn: HMSUnicorn (1544) was a 36-gun ship captured from Scotland in 1544 and sold in 1555. HMS Unicorn (1634)...
United Kingdom. There are two carriers, HMS Queen Elizabeth and HMS Prince of Wales, currently in service. HMSUnicorn was an aircraft repair ship and light...
is one of two surviving British frigates of her era—her near-sister HMSUnicorn (of the modified Leda class) is now a museum ship in Dundee. After being...
supported those types. Begun just before the start of World War II in 1939, HMSUnicorn was the first ship built in any navy that could "carry out the full range...
HMS Victory is a 104-gun first-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy. She was ordered in 1758, laid down in 1759, and launched in 1765. With 246 years...
Windsor, Ontario. Built for the Royal Navy as the Upholder-class submarine HMSUnicorn (pennant number S43) she was purchased by Canada when the United Kingdom...
HMS Belfast is a Town-class light cruiser that was built for the Royal Navy. She is now permanently moored as a museum ship on the River Thames in London...
The Minesweeper HMS Ocelot HMS President HMS Trincomalee HMSUnicornHMS Victory HMS Warrior HMS Wellington M33 LCT 7074 Mary Rose MTB 102 RML 497 Vessels...
carrier HMS Argus (I49) HMS Hermes (95) HMSUnicorn (I72) 1942 Design Light Fleet Carrier HMS Pretoria Castle (F61) HMS Audacity HMS Archer (D78) Avenger-class...
captured in 1778 by HMSUnicorn and HMS Experiment and was commissioned into the Royal Navy as HMS Raleigh. She was sold in 1783. HMS Raleigh (1806) was...
Kingdom HMS Hermes HMSUnicorn 1942 Design Light Fleet Carrier Colossus class HMS Colossus HMS Glory HMS Ocean HMS Venerable HMS Vengeance HMS Pioneer...
ship to her original 1947 livery. In 2009, the ship was affiliated with HMS Defender, having hosted the official dignitary party at Defender's launch...
Lodge. In 2022, he pledged £20,000 to save the 19th century frigate HMSUnicorn, one of the oldest surviving ships in the world. Mesinger, Maxine (1993-06-15)...
The international situation led to her being escorted by the battlecruiser HMS Hood. She arrived safely and set out again for New York on 1 September. By...
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...
HMS M33 is an M29-class monitor of the Royal Navy. Built in 1915, she saw active service in the Mediterranean during the First World War and in Russia...
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