HMS Messenger

Three vessels of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Messenger:

  • HMS Messenger (1672) was a Dutch 6-gun dogger captured in 1672 and sold in 1673
  • HMS Messenger (1694) was a 6-gun advice boat built in 1694 and foundered in the Atlantic in 1701
  • HMS Messenger (1830) was the paddle vessel Duke of York, purchased in 1830 and sold in 1861

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. p. 224. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.
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