HMS Grecian
Four ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Grecian:
- HMS Grecian was the 5-gun American letter of marque schooner Grecian captured in 1814, armed with 10 guns, and sold in 1822.
- HMS Grecian was the 10-gun revenue cutter Dolphin, renamed in 1821 and sold in 1827.
- HMS Grecian was a 16-gun brig-sloop launched in 1838 and broken up in 1865.
- HMS Grecian was a Catherine-class minesweeper launched in America in 1943, transferred to the United Kingdom under Lend-lease, returned to the Americans in 1947, transferred by them to the Turkish Navy that same year, renamed Edincik, and stricken in 1974.
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.
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