Talisman (ship) explained

Numerous vessels have borne the name Talisman, including:

• , launched for the French navy at Le Havre in 1862 and also used as an oceanographical survey ship^[1]
• , built as American Civil War blockade runner^[2]
• , a Clyde paddle steamer that served the railway companies until 1934^[3]
• , a destroyer originally named HMS Talisman but renamed Louis while under construction
• , one of four s, taken over by the Royal Navy during the First World War
• DEPV Talisman, a Clyde paddle vessel that served the railway companies until 1967^[4]
• , a submarine commissioned in 1940 and sunk in 1942
• Talisman UUV, an autonomous unmanned mini-sub, launched in 2004
• Two steamboats Talisman associated with Abraham Lincoln and his home at New Salem, Illinois which were built in 1832 and 1961
• Talismán (ship), an iron hull ship transport of the Peruvian Navy built in Glasgow that served during the War of the Pacific (1879–1883)

See also

• , the name of more than one ship of the Royal Navy
• Talisman UUV, a fully autonomous unmanned mini-sub

Notes and References

1. Book: Winfield . Rif . French Warships in the Age of Sail, 1786–1861 . 2015 . Seaforth . Barnsley . 9781848323537 . 1864? . 25 February 2020.
2. Book: Wise . Stephen R . Lifeline of the Confederacy . 1988 . University of South Carolina Press . Columbia . 0-87249-799-2 . 206–208, 323.
3. Book: Deayton . Alistair . Directory of Clyde Paddle Steamers . 30 August 2013 . Amberley . Stroud . 9781445614878 . 219.
4. Book: Deayton . Alistair . Directory of Clyde Paddle Steamers . 30 August 2013 . Amberley . Stroud . 9781445614878 . 234–235.