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HMS Saracen

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Six ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Saracen, after the Saracens, a Medieval European term for Muslims:

  • HMS Saracen (1804) was an 18-gun Cruizer class brig-sloop launched in 1804 and broken up in 1812.
  • HMS Saracen (1812) was another 18-gun Cruizer class brig-sloop launched in 1812 and sold in 1819.
  • HMS Saracen (1831) was a 10-gun Cherokee class brig-sloop launched in 1831, used as a survey vessel from 1854 and exchanged as part-payment in 1862 for a brig named Young Queen, which became the next HMS Saracen.
  • HMS Saracen (1862) was a survey brig, previously named Young Queen, purchased in 1862. She was sold in 1870.
  • HMS Saracen (1908) was a Tribal class destroyer launched in 1908 and sold in 1919.
  • HMS Saracen (P247) was an S class submarine launched in 1942 and sunk in 1943.

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