HMS ''Industry''

Several ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Industry.

  • HMS Industry (1765), sloop in service 1765
  • HMS Industry (1794), purchased 1794 as fireship but broken up 1795
  • HMS Industry (1814), Aid-class storeship launched 1814, fitted 1824 to carry shells and ammunition; 1835 fitted as a Chapel ship for the Isle of Man; broken up 1846
  • HMS Industry (1854), an iron screw storeship launched an purchased in 1854, became a Boom Defense Ship (BDS) in 1901, and was sold in 1911
  • HMS Industry (1901) (Glasgow renamed 1900), launched 1901, Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA)-manned from 1914; as Q-ship used the names Tay and Tyne; torpedoed 1918 but reached harbour; sold 1924 for breaking up
Hired vessels
See also
HMS Tay and Tyne (renamed RFA Industry in 1920)

Citations, and references

Citations
  1. Winfield (2008), p.393.
  2. Colledge and Warlow (2005), p.195.
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. OCLC 67375475.
  • Winfield, Rif (2008). British Warships in the Age of Sail 17931817: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth. ISBN 1-86176-246-1.
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