HMS Britomart

HMS Britomart

Seven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS "Britomart", after the Britomartis of Greek mythology:

*HMS "Britomart" was a 16-gun brig-sloop launched captured from the Danish in 1807 and commissioned as HMS "Glommen". She was renamed HMS "Britomart" in 1808 and was wrecked in 1809.
*HMS "Britomart" was a 10-gun "Cherokee" class brig-sloop launched in 1808 and sold in 1819.
*HMS "Britomart" was another 10-gun "Cherokee" class brig-sloop, launched in 1820 and sold in 1843.
*HMS "Britomart" was an 8-gun brig launched in 1847. She was used as a coastguard vessel from 1857 and was renamed "WV25" in 1863. She was broken up by 1874.
*HMS "Britomart" was a wood screw "Britomart" class gunboat launched in 1860. She was sold in 1892, and then resold as a mooring hulk, being broken up in 1946.
*HMS "Britomart" was a first class gunboat launched in 1899 and sold in 1920 into civilian service, being renamed "Sakuntala".
*HMS "Britomart" was a "Halcyon" class minesweeper launched in 1938 and sunk in 1944.


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