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Eleven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS ''Unicorn'', after the mythological creature, the unicorn: __NOTOC__ * was a 36-gun ship captured from Scotland in 1544 and sold in 1555. * was a 56-gun ship launched in 1634 and sold in 1687. * (or ''Little Unicorn'') was an 18-gun fire ship originally in Dutch service as the ''Eenhoorn''. She was captured in 1665 and expended on 4 June 1666, on the fourth day of the Four Days' Battle.〔Hepper (1994), p.5.〕 * was a 6-gun purchased in 1666 and sunk as a blockship at Chatham on 11 June 1667, together with five other vessels, in a futile attempt to block the Dutch from advancing up the River Medway.〔Hepper (1994), p.6.〕 * was a 28-gun sixth rate launched in 1748 and broken up in 1771. * was a 20-gun post ship launched in 1776. The French frigate ''Andromaque'' captured her〔Hepper (1994), p.59.〕 on 4 October 1780〔Roche, p.41〕 and recaptured her in April 1781. ''Unicorn'' was broken up at Deptford in 1787. * was a 36-gun fifth rate launched in 1782. She was renamed HMS ''Thalia'' in 1783 and was broken up in 1814. * was a 32-gun fifth rate launched in 1794 and broken up in 1815. * is a ''Leda''-class frigate, launched in 1824 and converted to a powder hulk in 1860. She was a Royal Naval Reserve drill ship from 1873. She was renamed ''Unicorn II'' in 1913 and ''Cressy'' from 1941 until 1959. She was handed over to a preservation society in 1968 and is preserved in Dundee as a museum ship. * was an aircraft maintenance carrier, launched in 1941 and broken up in 1960. * was an ''Upholder''-class submarine launched in 1992. She was sold to Canada in 2001, who renamed her HMCS ''Windsor''. ==See also== *, a Canadian Forces Naval Reserve division in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan *''Unicorn'' (ship), a fictional Royal Navy ship featured in ''The Adventures of Tintin''. 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 Unicorn」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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