HMS Alliance explained

Several ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Alliance:

• HMS Alliance, originally the Dutch frigate Alliantie captured from the Dutch Navy off the coast of Norway on 22 August 1795 that the Royal Navy used as a 22-gun store ship. Sold May 1802.
• , lead vessel of her class of four tugs, launched 1910 and scuttled in Hong Kong in 1941 to prevent her capture by the invading Japanese forces.^[1]
• , a submarine launched in 1945 but not completed until 1947, and now a museum ship and the only surviving member of her class.

Notes and References

1. Web site: HMS Alliance (W 77) . Uboat.net . 2006-12-10.