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 captured from the Danes 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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