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Kingfisher was a 46-gun fourth-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, built by Phineas Pett III at Woolwich Dockyard and launched in 1675. [1] She was specially designed to counter the attacks of Algerine corsairs, or pirates, in the Mediterranean by masquerading as a merchantman, which she achieved by hiding her armament behind false bulkheads.
HMS Kingfisher (1879) was an Doterel-class sloop launched in 1879. She became a training ship and was renamed HMS Lark in 1892, and then HMS Cruizer in 1893. She was sold in 1919. HMS Kingfisher was a 16-gun brig launched in 1850 as HMS Martin. She was renamed HMS Kingfisher in 1890, when she became a training brig. She was sold in 1907.
HMS Kingfisher (L70) (later K70) was a Royal Navy patrol vessel and the lead ship of the Kingfisher-class sloops, laid down in 1934 and commissioned in 1935. She took part in the Dunkirk evacuation, and spent much of the Second World War as an experimental trials ship. She was sold for scrap in 1947.
In 1978, Kingfisher and sister ship Cygnet were deployed on Operation Grenada, the Royal Navy's standing patrol off the coast of Northern Ireland to stop arms smuggling to paramilitary groups during the Troubles. [3] Kingfisher continued her patrol duties as part of the Northern Ireland Squadron through the 1980s and into the 1990s. [4]
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Danish fishing vessels identified with the port letter HG (Hjoring) Port letter and number (PLN) is a code identifying fishing vessels and other boats printed on the boat. [1] This is used in Europe, including the United Kingdom. The format is XYZ123.
Three people died after a fishing ship hit a rock and capsized off a southwestern island of South Korea on Saturday, officials said.. The accident occurred near Gageo Island in Sinan, South Jeolla ...
HMS Kingfisher (or King ' s Fisher or Kingsfisher) was a Royal Navy 18-gun ship sloop, built by John King and launched in 1804 at Dover. She served during the Napoleonic Wars , first in the Caribbean and then in the Mediterranean before being broken up in 1816.