Talisman (ship)

Numerous vessels have borne the name Talisman, including:

  • French aviso Talisman, launched for the French navy at Le Havre in 1862 and also used as an oceanographical survey ship[1]
  • Talisman (1864), built as American Civil War blockade runner[2]
  • Talisman (1896), a Clyde paddle steamer that served the railway companies until 1934[3]
  • HMS Louis (1913), a destroyer originally named HMS Talisman but renamed Louis while under construction
  • HMS Talisman (1915), one of four Talisman-class destroyers, taken over by the Royal Navy during the First World War
  • DEPV Talisman, a Clyde paddle vessel that served the railway companies until 1967[4]
  • HMS Talisman (N78), a submarine commissioned in 1940 and sunk in 1942
  • Talisman UUV, an autonomous unmanned mini-sub, launched in 2004
  • Two steamboats Talisman associated with Abraham Lincoln and his home at New Salem, Illinois which were built in 1832 and 1961
  • Talismán (ship), an iron hull ship transport of the Peruvian Navy built in Glasgow that served during the War of the Pacific (1879–1883)

See also

References

  1. ^ Winfield, Rif (2015). French Warships in the Age of Sail, 1786–1861. Barnsley: Seaforth. p. 1864?. ISBN 9781848323537. Retrieved 25 February 2020.
  2. ^ Wise, Stephen R (1988). Lifeline of the Confederacy. Columbia: University of South Carolina Press. pp. 206–208, 323. ISBN 0-87249-799-2.
  3. ^ Deayton, Alistair (30 August 2013). Directory of Clyde Paddle Steamers. Stroud: Amberley. p. 219. ISBN 9781445614878.
  4. ^ Deayton, Alistair (30 August 2013). Directory of Clyde Paddle Steamers. Stroud: Amberley. pp. 234–235. ISBN 9781445614878.

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