HMS Helena explained

HMS Helena has been the name of several British Royal Navy ships, and may refer to:

• , a 14-gun sloop built in 1775, placed on the sale list in 1779, renamed HMS Helena in 1801 while awaiting sale, and sold in 1802
• was a 14-gun sloop that the Royal Navy purchased in 1778. (She may originally have been a French vessel named Hélene.) The French captured her in September 1778, and took her into service under her existing name, or perhaps as Helene.^[1] recaptured her on 22 June 1779. A storm drove her ashore on the Dutch coast on 3 November 1796; there were no survivors.^[2]
• , an 18-gun sloop launched in 1804 and sold in 1814
• , a 10-gun brig-sloop ordered in 1826 but cancelled in 1831
• , a 16-gun brig-sloop launched in 1843, hulked in 1861, and sold in 1921
• , a drifter requisitioned from 1915 to 1919

References

• • Demerliac, Alain (1996) La Marine De Louis XVI: Nomenclature Des Navires Français De 1774 À 1792. (Nice: Éditions OMEGA).
• Book: Hepper, David J.. 1994. British Warship Losses in the Age of Sail, 1650-1859. Jean Boudriot. Rotherfield. 0-948864-30-3.

Notes and References

1. Demerliac (1996), p.71, #448.
2. Hepper (1994), p.82.