List of ships named Seahorse explained

A number of ships have been named Seahorse or Sea Horse after the marine creature, including:-

Merchant ships

The transport ship Sea Horse was wrecked in Tramore Bay on 30 January 1816 with the loss of 376 of the 402 people on board. She was on a voyage from Ramsgate to Cork.^[1]
- a Tanzanian tanker in service 2012-16
- a ship captured by pirates in 2009

was a ship captured in 1626 and last mentioned in 1635.
was a hoy captured in 1654 and sold in 1655.
was a 10-gun fireship purchased from the Dutch in 1694, later used as a water boat, and sunk as a foundation in 1698.
was a 24-gun sixth rate launched in 1694 and wrecked in 1704.
was a 14-gun sixth rate launched in 1709 and wrecked in 1711.
was a 20-gun sixth rate launched in 1712, rebuilt in 1727 and sold in 1748.
was a 24-gun sixth rate launched in 1748 and sold in 1784.
was a 38-gun fifth rate launched in 1794 and broken up in 1819.
was a 46-gun fifth rate launched in 1830. She was converted to a screw frigate in 1847, then a screw mortar vessel in 1856. She was renamed Lavinia and used as a coal hulk in 1870 and was sold in 1902.
was a 670-ton twin screw survey ship, launched in 1881 and sold for scrap in 1920.
was an S-class submarine launched in 1932 and sunk in 1940.

was a one-gun schooner, purchased by the Navy in 1812 for service in the War of 1812. She was beached and burned to prevent capture in 1814.
was a, commissioned in 1943 and stricken in 1967.
was a, commissioned in 1969 and stricken in 1995.