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Thirteen ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS ''Shark'' (or HMS ''Sharke'') after the shark: * was an 8-gun brigantine launched in 1691 and sold in 1698. * was a 14-gun sloop launched in 1699 and captured by French forces in 1703. * was a 14-gun sloop launched in 1711, rebuilt in 1722 and sold in 1732. * was a 14-gun sloop launched in 1732 and sold in 1755. * was a 16-gun sloop purchased in 1775 and launched in 1776. She was converted to a fireship and renamed HMS ''Salamander'' in 1778, and was sold in 1783. * was a 16-gun sloop launched in 1779. She was used as a receiving ship on the Jamaica station from 1803 to 1816 and foundered in Port Royal harbor in 1818; her remains were sold a few months later.〔Winfield (2008), p.247.〕 * was a 28-gun sixth rate bought in 1780 that foundered with the loss of her entire crew during a storm off North America in 1780.〔Hepper (1994), p.60.〕 * was a 4-gun Dutch hoy purchased in 1794 and handed over to French forces in 1795 at La Hogue by her crew during a mutiny.〔Hepper (1994), p.79.〕 * was a ''Rocket''-class destroyer launched in 1894 and broken up in 1911. * was an ''Acasta''-class destroyer launched in 1912. She was sunk at the battle of Jutland in 1916. * was an S-class destroyer launched in 1918 and scrapped in 1931. * was an S-class submarine launched in 1934. She was disabled by an air attack in 1940 and sank the next day. *HMS ''Shark'' was an S-class destroyer launched in 1943. She was transferred to the Royal Norwegian Navy on completion in 1944 and renamed HNoMS ''Svenner''. She was sunk later that year. ==References== ;Citations ;Bibliography * *Hepper, David J. (1994) ''British Warship Losses in the Age of Sail, 1650-1859''. (Rotherfield: Jean Boudriot). ISBN 0-948864-30-3 * 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 Shark」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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