HMS Linnet

Nine ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Linnet after the bird of that name.


 * The first HMS Linnet (1806), was a 14 gun brig, originally named Speedwell, which the French ship Gloire captured off Madeira in 1813. She became the American privateer Bunker's Hill. Pomone and HMS Cydnus (1813) recaptured her on 4 March 1814 but she was not taken back into Royal Navy service.
 * The second HMS Linnet (1813), was a 16 gun brig that operated on the Canadian Lakes.
 * The third Linnet, launched in 1817, was a survey cutter, and was sold in 1833 for breaking up.
 * The fourth Linnet was an 8 gun brig launched on the Isle of Wight in 1835 and sold in 1866.
 * The fifth Linnet was a Britomart-class steam powered gunboat launched at Sunderland in 1860 and broken up in 1872.
 * The sixth Linnet was a 756 ton composite screw gunvessel launched at Thames Iron Works at Leamouth in 1880. After she was sold in 1904, the ship was converted to a salvage vessel.
 * The seventh Linnet was a tender originally named Napier of Magdala after Robert Napier, 1st Baron Napier of Magdala. She was renamed Hasty in 1913 and sold in 1920.
 * The eighth Linnet was a destroyer launched at Yarrow in 1913, and originally to have been called Havock. She was sold in 1921.
 * The most recent Linnet was a small minelayer launched at Dunston in 1938 and broken up in 1964.