HMS Pike

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Five ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Pike, after the Northern pike, a species of fish:

  • {{HMS|Pike|1804}} was a 4-gun {{sclass|Ballahoo|schooner}} launched in 1804 and captured by a French privateer in 1807. {{HMS|Moselle|1804|2}} recaptured her in 1808, and she reentered naval service; her ultimate fate is currently not clear.
  • {{HMS|Fleur de la Mer|1807|6}} was the French privateer schooner Gipsey, captured in 1806, and was renamed Pike in 1808 but reverted to her previous name after the recapture of Pike. She foundered in 1810.
  • {{HMS|Pike|1813}} was a 14-gun schooner, previously the American Dart. She was captured in 1813 and was wrecked in 1836.
  • {{HMS|Pike|1837}} was a wooden paddle packet launched in 1824 as the General Post Office's Spitfire. She was transferred to the Royal Navy in 1837 and was broken up in 1868.
  • {{HMS|Pike|1856}} was an {{sclass|Ant|gunboat|0}} iron screw gunboat launched in 1872. She became a boom defence vessel in 1908 and was sold in 1920.

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