HMS Tyne
Six ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Tyne, after the River Tyne, England:
- HMS Tyne (1814) was a 28-gun sixth rate launched in 1814 and sold in 1825.
- HMS Tyne (1826) was a 28-gun sixth rate launched in 1826, converted to a storeship in 1848 and sold for breaking in 1862.
- HMS Tyne was launched in 1845 as the 36-gun fifth-rate HMS Active. She became a Royal Naval Reserve training ship in 1863, was renamed Tyne in July 1867 and then Durham in November the same year. She was sold in 1908.
- HMS Tyne (1878), launched in 1878 as SS Mariotis, was a troop ship. On 31 August 1880 she was delivering troops to HMS London in Zanzibar. She foundered in a gale off Sheerness in 1920 while awaiting disposal.
- HMS Tyne (F24) was a Hecla-class depot ship launched in 1940. She served in World War II and the Korean War and was scrapped in 1972.
- HMS Tyne (P281) is a River-class patrol vessel launched in 2002 and currently in service.
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References
- Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.
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