HM hired armed ship Kite, a hired armed transport wrecked in the Yangtze in 1840.
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April 08, 2024
kite, seven, ships, royal, navy, have, borne, name, after, kite, bird, prey, 1764, cutter, launched, 1764, sold, 1771, 1778, cutter, purchased, 1778, rated, sloop, between, 1779, 1783, sold, 1793, 1795, brig, sloop, launched, 1795, sold, 1805, 1805, brig, sloo. Seven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Kite after the kite a bird of prey HMS Kite 1764 was a 6 gun cutter launched in 1764 and sold in 1771 HMS Kite 1778 was a 12 gun cutter purchased in 1778 rated as a sloop between 1779 and 1783 and sold in 1793 HMS Kite 1795 was a 16 gun brig sloop launched in 1795 and sold in 1805 HMS Kite 1805 was a 16 gun brig sloop launched in 1805 and sold in 1815 HMS Kite 1826 was a wooden paddle vessel previously the GPO ship Aetna She was launched in 1826 transferred to the navy in 1837 and sold in 1864 HMS Kite 1871 was an iron Ant class screw gunboat launched in 1871 and sold in 1920 becoming a dredger HMS Kite U87 was a Modified Black Swan class sloop launched in 1942 and sunk by a German U boat in 1944 See also editHM hired armed ship Kite a hired armed transport wrecked in the Yangtze in 1840 nbsp nbsp This article includes a list of ships with the same or similar names If an internal link for a specific ship led you here you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended ship article if one exists Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title HMS Kite amp oldid 1082787990, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
