HMS Pique explained

Seven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Pique:

• was formerly the French ship Pique, a 38-gun fifth rate captured by in 1795. HMS Pique was wrecked in action with the French ship in 1798.
• HMS Pique was formerly the French ship Pallas, a 36-gun fifth rate, captured in 1800 by a squadron off the coast of France. She was initially named HMS Aeolus but renamed to Pique in 1801.^[1] Because Pique served in the navy's Egyptian campaign (2 March to 8 September 1801), her officers and crew qualified for the clasp "Egypt" to the Naval General Service Medal, which the Admiralty issued in 1847 to all surviving claimants. She was sold for breaking up in 1819.
• HMS Pique was a 46-gun fifth rate ordered in 1825, but cancelled in 1832.
• was a 36-gun fifth rate launched in 1834, and sent to the eastern Mediterranean in 1840 as part of a squadron under . She was converted to a receiving ship in 1872, lent as a hospital hulk in 1882 and sold in 1910.
• was an second-class cruiser, launched in 1890 and sold to the breakers in 1911.
• HMS Pique was a ordered in April 1942, but cancelled in November, and reordered as .
• was a, previously planned to be named HMS Celerity, but renamed in 1942. She was transferred to the Royal Navy under the terms of Lend Lease in 1942 and returned to the United States Navy in 1946. She was transferred to Turkey in March 1947 and renamed Ereğli. She was stricken in 1973.

Notes and References

1. Web site: NMM, vessel ID 379457. Warship Histories, vol i. National Maritime Museum. 30 July 2011. dead. http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20110802041558/http://www.nmm.ac.uk/upload/pdf/Warship_Histories_Vessels_i.pdf. 2 August 2011. dmy-all.