Four ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Escort:
- HMS Escort (1757) was a 14-gun sloop, formerly a French privateer. She was captured in 1757 and sold in 1768.
- HMS Escort (1801) was a 12-gun gun-brig launched in 1801 and transferred to Customs in 1815.
- HMS Escort (1856) was an Albacore-class wooden screw gunboat launched in 1856 and broken up in 1865.
- HMS Escort (H66) was an E-class destroyer launched in 1934. She was torpedoed in 1940 and foundered three days later.
See also:
- Escort (1873) was an iron paddle dockyard tug, built by [[John Laird, Sons & Co., Birkenhead, and wrecked on 20 April 1887 while target towing.[1][2]
- Escort (1896) was a steel paddle dockyard tug, built by W H Potter, Liverpool and Fawcett, Preston & Co; she was sold to J A White on 31 May 1922 for demolition at St David's, Fife.[2]
- Escort (1897) was a 165 GRT fishing trawler built by Mackie & Thomson, Govan, and purchased in 1915 to serve as a boom defence vessel; she was sold in 1920 and returned to fishing.[2][3]
References
edit- ↑ "Disasters at Sea". The Times. No. 32053. London. 22 April 1887. p. 11. Retrieved 4 June 2026 – via Gale.
- 1 2 3 J J Colledge (1970). Ships of the Royal Navy - an Historical Index, Vol.2. Newton Abbot: David & Charles. p. 123.
- ↑ "Escort". Scottish Built Ships. Caledonian Maritime Research Trust. Archived from the original on 5 June 2026. Retrieved 5 June 2026.
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