HMS SURPRISE

Several ships of the British Royal Navy have been named 'HMS ''Surprise''' or '''Surprize''', including:

★ HMS ''Surprise'' (1746), a 24-gun Sixth Rate, sold in 1770.

★ HMS ''Surprise'' (1774), a 28-gun Sixth Rate, sold in 1783.

★ HMS ''Surprise'' (1778), an 18-gun ship sloop, formerly the American privateer ''Bunker Hill'', sold in 1783.

★ HMS ''Surprise'' (1780), a 10-gun cutter, sold in 1786.

★ HMS ''Surprise'' (1796), originally the French corvette ''L'Unité'' (1794), captured in 1796 and reclassified as a sixth-rate frigate.

★ HMS ''Surprise'' (1812), a 38-gun frigate, hulked in 1822

★ HMS ''Surprise'' (1856), a 680-ton wooden-screw gun vessel, broken up in 1866

★ HMS ''Surprise'' (1885), the lead ship of the ''Surprise'' class of protected cruisers, renamed ''Alacrity'' in 1913 and served on the China station until broken up in 1919

★ HMS ''Surprise'' (1916), a Yarrow Later M class destroyer, served in World War I and sunk by a torpedo on 23 December 1917

★ HMS ''Surprise'' (K346), a Bay class frigate that saw service as an Admiralty yacht
'HMS ''Surprise''' may also refer to:

★ HMS ''Surprise'' (ship), a modern replica of the 18th century Royal Navy frigate HMS ''Rose'', modified to represent the 1796 HMS ''Surprise'' in the film ''Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World'', and now owned by the San Diego Maritime Museum.

★ HMS ''Surprise'' (novel), the third novel in the Aubrey-Maturin series by Patrick O'Brian.

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★ USS ''Surprise''