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HMS Seymour was a Parker-class flotilla leader of the British Royal Navy. She was built by Cammell Laird during the First World War, being launched on 31 August 1916 and completing on 30 November that year. Seymour served with the Grand Fleet for the rest of the war, which she survived. The ship was sold for scrap in January 1931.
The second HMS Seymour (K563) was a British Captain-class frigate of the Royal Navy in commission during World War II. Originally constructed as a United States Navy Buckley class destroyer escort , she served in the Royal Navy from 1943 to 1946.
HMS Seymour has been the name of more than one ship of the British Royal Navy: HMS Seymour (1916), a destroyer leader launched in 1916 and sold in 1930; HMS Seymour (K563), a frigate in service from 1943 to 1946
The Royal Navy has named two ships after Seymour. The first HMS Seymour was a destroyer leader that was launched in 1916, saw service in World War I, and was sold in 1930. The second HMS Seymour (K563) was a frigate active from 1943 to 1946 that served during World War II. [22]
HMS Seymour, more than one ship of the British Royal Navy; Seymour baronets, two titles in the Baronetage of England and one in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom; Seymour Airport, Galápagos Islands, Ecuador; Seymour College, a day and boarding school in Glen Osmond, South Australia; Seymour Football Club, Victoria, Australia
Seymour became Commander-in-Chief, China Station, with his flag in the battleship HMS Centurion, on 18 February 1898. [10] In early 1900 the Boxers, a rural mass movement, decided to rid China of Western influence and in June 1900 they advanced on Peking , initiating the Boxer Rebellion .
Born the third son of Admiral Sir Michael Seymour, 1st Baronet, [1] Michael Seymour entered the Royal Navy in 1813. [1] He was made lieutenant in 1822, commander in 1824 and was posted captain in 1826. [1] From 1833 to 1835 he was captain of the survey ship HMS Challenger, and was wrecked in her off the coast of Chile. [1]
He went on to command HMS Cumberland and then HMS Pembroke in the Baltic Sea during the Crimean War. He also commanded HMS Victory, HMS Hero and then HMY Victoria and Albert. [1] Promoted to rear admiral in 1863, Seymour served as a Third Naval Lord between 1866 and 1868. [1]