HMS Fawn explained

Six ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Fawn:

• HMS Fawn (1805), a 16-gun brig-corvette, originally the French ship Faune, that captured in the English Channel in 1805 and that disappears from the records in 1806.
• , an 18-gun sloop-of-war launched in 1807, sold in 1818; she then made seven whaling voyages from 1820 until she was broken up in 1844.
• , a 6-gun brigantine, originally the Portuguese slaver Caroline, captured by on 25 March 1839 near Rio de Janeiro.^[1] She was purchased there on 27 May 1840, converted in 1842 to a tank (water) vessel at the Cape of Good Hope Station, and sold in May 1847 to the Natal Colonial Government.^{[2] [3]}
• , a 17-gun wood screw sloop-of-war launched in 1856, used as a survey ship from 1876 and sold in 1884
• was a Fawn-class destroyer launched in 1897 and sold in 1919
• was a Bulldog-class survey ship launched in 1968 and sold in 1991

Battle honours

Ships named Fawn have earned the following battle honours:

• Gabbard, 1653
• Martinique, 1809
• Guadeloupe, 1810
• Belgian Coast, 1914−18

Notes and References

1. News: Rio Janeiro, South America . 13 June 2023 . The Standard . 4678 . 18 June 1839 . London . 5. British Newspaper Archive.
2. Book: Lyon . David . Winfield . Rif . The sail & steam Navy list: all the ships of the Royal Navy 1815 - 1889 . 2004 . Chatham . London . 1-86176-032-9 . 336.
3. Book: Colledge . J. J. . Ships of the Royal Navy: An Historical Index. Vol.I. . 1969 . David & Charles . Newton Abbot . 205.