HMS Vigilant
Thirteen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Vigilant:
- HMS Vigilant (1745) ex-French Le Vigilant captured 19 May 1745, sold 1759.
- HMS Vigilant (1755) was a schooner that served on the Canadian lakes. The French captured her in 1756.
- third rate ship of the line, built in 1774. She was converted to a prison shipin 1799, and sank in 1806. She was raised several months later, and broken up in 1814.
- HMS Vigilant (1777) was an armed ship purchased in 1777, formerly Empress of Russia. She was burnt as unfit in 1780.
- HMS Vigilant (1803) was a schooner, purchased in 1803 and sold in 1808.
- packet Duke of Montrose and HMS Cygnet captured in 1806. The Royal Navy initially named her Vigilant, and later that year, renamed her Subtle. She was wrecked off Bermudain 1807.
- cutterbuilt in 1821 and sold in 1832.
- HMS Vigilant (1846) was a wood screw frigate, ordered in 1846, but cancelled in 1849.
- HMS Vigilant (1856) was a wood screw gunvessel, built in 1856 and sold in 1869.
- HMS Vigilant (1871) was a wood paddle dispatch boat, built in 1871, and sold in 1886 to serve as a dispatch boat in Hong Kong.
- HMS Vigilant (1900) was a C-class destroyer, built speculatively by the yards of John Brown & Company, launched in 1900 and bought that year by the navy. She was sold in 1920 for breaking up.
- HMS Vigilant (R93) was a V-class destroyer that saw service during World War II. She was later converted into a Type 15 fast anti-submarine frigate.
- HMS Vigilant (1975) was a patrol boat launched in March 1975, and renamed Meavy in July 1986.
- HMS Vigilant (S30) is a Vanguard-class submarine, commissioned in November 1996 and currently in service.
See also
- Two similarly named ships, HMS Vigilante
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