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HMS Shearwater

List of ships with the same or similar names

Five ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Shearwater after the shearwater, a seabird:

HMS Shearwater (1808) was a 10-gun Cherokee-class brig-sloop launched in 1808 and sold in 1832.
HMS Shearwater (1837) was a wooden paddle packet launched in 1826 as the GPO vessel Dolphin. She was transferred to the Royal Navy and renamed in 1837, and was sold in 1857.
HMS Shearwater (1861) was a Rosario-class wooden screw sloop launched in 1861 and broken up by 1877.
HMS Shearwater (1900) was a Condor-class sloop launched in 1900. She was transferred to the Royal Canadian Navy as a depot ship in 1915 and was sold in 1922.
HMS Shearwater (L39) was a Kingfisher-class sloop launched in 1939 and sold in 1947.

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