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Seven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS ''Penguin''. A ''penguin'' is a flightless aquatic bird. * was a 20-gun post ship. She was originally launched in 1731 as ''Dolphine'', then renamed ''Firebrand'', and finally renamed ''Penguin'' in 1757. The French captured her in 1760. * was an 8-gun sloop building in 1772. She was not completed and was broken up in 1775. *HMS ''Penguin'' was a 16-gun brig. She was originally the Dutch ''Komeet'' and was captured in 1795 by off the coast of Ireland. She was originally named HMS ''Comeet'' before being renamed to HMS ''Penguin'' in 1796. She was sold in 1809. * was an 18-gun ''Cruizer''-class brig-sloop launched in 1813. The American brig captured her in 1815 off Tristan da Cunha and afterwards scuttled her as ''Penguin'' was so damaged as to be of no value as a prize. * was a 6-gun packet brig laid down in 1838. In 1858 she became a coastguard watchvessel. She was renamed ''WV.31'' in 1863 and sold in 1873. * was a ''Philomel''-class gunvessel laid down in 1860. She was sold in 1870 for scrap. * was an ''Osprey''-class sloop launched in 1876. In 1890 she became a survey ship and in 1908 a depot ship. She was transferred to the Royal Australian Navy in 1913 and sold in 1924. She became a crane hulk and was burnt in 1960. ==See also== * , for ships and shore facilities of the Royal Australian Navy that have borne the same name 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「HMS Penguin」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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