The Alert class was a two-ship class of 6-gun screw steel sloops built for the Royal Navy in 1894. Alert and Torch were constructed of steel to a design...
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the British Royal Navy Alert-class sloop SS Alert, a steamship that sank off Victoria, Australia in 1893 USS Alert or USCGC Alert, the name of several ships...
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Navy have borne the name Alert. During World War I, three ships held the name simultaneously. USS Alert (1812), was an 18-gun sloop-of-war captured from the...
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16-gun Danish sloop captured in 1807 and retaken by the Danes in 1809. She was to be named Cassandra. HMS Alert (1813), a Cruizer-class brig-sloop, launched...
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HMS Torch (1894) (category Alert-class sloops)
HMS Torch was an Alert-class sloop of the Royal Navy, built at Sheerness Dockyard and launched in 1894. She served in Australia and New Zealand and was...
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horsepower. They were essentially a twin-screw version of the Alert-class sloop. Screw sloops like Phoenix had been obsolete for many years, but they remained...
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HMS Alert was a 17-gun wooden screw sloop of the Cruizer class of the Royal Navy, launched in 1856 and broken up in 1894. She was the eleventh ship of...
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Sixth-rate, corvette, and sloop classes of the Royal Navy. During the Age of Sail, warships were divided into ranks or classes. The English Royal Navy adopted...
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Cruizer class was a class of six 17-gun wooden screw sloops built for the Royal Navy between 1852 and 1856. The wooden sloops of the Cruizer class were designed...
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Cruizer class was an 18-gun class of brig-sloops of the Royal Navy. Brig-sloops were the same as ship-sloops except for their rigging. A ship-sloop was rigged...
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168.8622 (SS Tararua) HMS Torch Royal Navy 17 November 1924 An Alert-class sloop that ran aground in the Chatham Islands. Torrington Australia 27 June...
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HMS Torch (1859), a Philomel-class gunvessel launched in 1859 and broken up in 1881. HMS Torch (1894), an Alert-class sloop launched in 1894. She was transferred...
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This is a list of sloops of war of the United States Navy. USS Adams (1799), scuttled 3 September 1814 to prevent capture USS Albany (1846), lost after...
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Admiral-class ironclads Adventure-class cruisers Alert-class sloops Arrogant-class cruisers Astraea-class cruisers Blake-class cruisers Bramble-class gunboats...
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HMS Phoenix (1895) (category Phoenix-class sloops)
White, the Admiralty Chief Constructor. The class was essentially a twin-screw version of the Alert-class sloop. Phoenix was constructed of steel and given...
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USS Muscoota (1864) USS Shamokin (1864) USS Suwanee (1864) USS Winnipec (1864) USS Alert (AS-4) USS Huron (1875) USS Ranger (1876) USS Albany (1864) USS Worcester (1866)...
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1885 Pygmy-class composite screw gunboats of 1888 Redbreast-class gunboats launched in 1889 HMS Alexandra as re-gunned in 1891 Alert-class sloops of 1894...
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USS Huron (1875) (category Alert-class gunboats)
The wreck is often marked with a buoy during the summer months. An Alert class gunboat, possibly Huron, under construction at the shipyard of John Roach...
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Magnificent Majestic-class battleship For Royal Navy 28 December United Kingdom Sheerness Dockyard Sheerness Torch Alert-class sloop For Royal Navy Unknown...
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HMS Algerine (1895) (category Phoenix-class sloops)
White, the Admiralty Chief Constructor. The class was essentially a twin-screw version of the Alert-class sloop. The ship had length overall 210 ft 6 in...
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Cornwall. She was sold in 1835. HMS Cygnet (1840) was an 8-gun Alert-class brig-sloop launched in 1840, renamed WV30 when handed to HM Coastguard in 1863...
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boat flotillas sortied into the North Sea and encountered the British 10th Sloop Flotilla near Dogger Bank. The German vessels eventually engaged the British...
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HMS Epervier (1812) (category Cruizer-class brig-sloops)
HMS Epervier was an 18-gun Cruizer-class brig-sloop of the Royal Navy, built by Ross at Rochester, England, and launched on 2 December 1812. USS Peacock...
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HMS Vulture (1744) (category Sloops of the Royal Navy)
HMS Vulture was a 10-gun two-masted Hind-class sloop of the Royal Navy, designed by Joseph Allin and built by John Greaves at Limehouse on the Thames...
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HMS Despatch (1804) (category Cruizer-class brig-sloops)
HMS Dispatch (also Despatch) was a Royal Navy Cruizer-class brig-sloop built by Richard Symons & Co. at Falmouth and launched in 1804. Dispatch was instrumental...
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HMS Primrose (1807) (category Cruizer-class brig-sloops)
HMS Primrose was a Royal Navy Cruizer-class brig-sloop built by Thomas Nickells (or Nicholls), at Fowey and launched in 1807. Primrose was built at Fowey...
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Vostok was a 28-gun sloop-of-war of the Imperial Russian Navy, the lead ship of the First Russian Antarctic Expedition in 1819–1821, during which Fabian...
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HMS Sophie (1809) (category Cruizer-class brig-sloops)
HMS Sophie was an 18-gun Cruizer class brig-sloop of the Royal Navy. She served during the Napoleonic Wars and the War of 1812. During the War of 1812...
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Beacon, New York (section Beacon Sloop Club)
beacon fires that blazed forth from the summit of the Fishkill Mountains to alert the Continental Army of British troop movements. Originally an industrial...
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HMS Wild Goose (U45) (category Black Swan-class sloops)
pennant number U45, was a Black Swan-class sloop of the Royal Navy. She was one of several ships of that class that took part in the famous "six in one...
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