HMS Protector
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Seven ships of the British Royal Navy have been called HMS Protector:
- {{HMS|Protector|1749}}, a 44-gun fifth rate listed in 1749 that served in India and was wrecked on 1 January 1776 by a cyclone near Pondicherry.
- Protector, a fireship in service in 1758.
- {{HMS|Protector|1805}}, a 178-ton, 12-gun brig launched on 1 February 1805. Converted to a survey ship in 1817, she was sold for breaking up in 1833.
- Protector, a {{sclass|Britomart|gunboat}} laid down at Portsmouth in 1861 and cancelled on 12 December 1863.
- {{HMS|Protector|A146}}, a net layer launched in 1936 and converted to an Antarctic patrol ship in 1955. Sold in 1970 for breaking up.
- {{HMS|Protector|P244}}, a patrol vessel launched as the commercial vessel Seaforth Saga in 1975, purchased by the Royal Navy in 1983 and sold in 1987.
- {{HMS|Protector|A173}}, the Antarctic patrol ship (ex-MV Polarbjørn); chartered in 2011 and purchased in 2013 as a replacement for {{HMS|Endurance|A171|6}}.
See also
- {{ship|HCS|Protector|1751}} was launched at Rotherhithe for the British East India Company as a warship to deter pirates and the French Company in Indian waters. A monsoon wrecked her in 1761 while she lay at anchor in Pondicherry Roads.
- {{HMAS|Protector}}, ships of the Royal Australian Navy
- {{HMCS|Protector}}, a former naval base of the Royal Canadian Navy
- {{HMCS|Protecteur}}, a ship of the Royal Canadian Navy
- {{ship|HMC|Protector}}, a cutter of the UK Border Force
References
- {{Cite Colledge2006}}
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