HMS Alarm explained

Ten ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Alarm, whilst another was planned but later cancelled:

• was a 32-gun fifth rate frigate, launched in 1758. She was the first Royal Navy ship to have a fully copper sheathed hull. She was broken up in 1812.
• was a 4-gun cutter purchased in 1763 and sold in 1780.
• was a galley purchased in 1777 and scuttled to avoid capture in July 1778.
• was a 24-gun sixth rate captured from the Dutch in 1799, and renamed Helder and then Heldin in 1800 and sold in 1802.
• was a lugger of eight carronades transferred from Customs in 1810 and returned to Customs in 1812 or 1813.
• HMS Alarm was to be a 28-gun sixth rate laid down in 1832 and cancelled later that year.
• was a 28-gun sixth rate launched in 1845. She was converted into a coal hulk in 1860 and sold in 1904.
• was an, launched in 1892 and sold in 1907.^{[1] [2]}
• was an, launched in 1910 and sold in 1921.^[3]
• was the former Saint-class naval tug Saint Ewe built in 1919 and hired from the Iraqi Government in 1940 as a minesweeper; renamed Alarm II in 1942 and returned in 1946.^[4]
• was an launched in 1942, damaged by German aircraft in 1943, and declared a constructive total loss. She was scrapped in 1944.^[5]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Torpedo Gunboats .
2. Web site: A special Exmouth RNLI welcome for the new generation of inshore lifeboat . Exmouth Lifeboats . . 30 September 2006 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120209113732/http://exmouth-lifeboat.org.uk/Press_Release_30_Sep2_06.pdf . 9 February 2012 .
3. Web site: Acorn Class.
4. Book: Colledge . J J . Ships of the Royal Navy: An Historical Index, Vol.2 . 1970 . David & Charles . Newton Abbot . 17, 314.
5. http://www.naval-history.net/xGM-Chrono-22MS-Algerine-Alarm.htm http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/3748.html