the 1898 novel The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells) In World War II novels ( from The Cruiser by Warren Tute) Apache ( in the short story Gold From Crete by C. S. Forester) (from The Ship by C. S. Forester; inspired by ) Colony, River, and (River and s in H M Frigate (1946) and the novel The Cruel Sea (1951) by Nicholas Monsarrat. In the 1953 film version HMS Saltash was depicted by : , and hence named Saltash Castle) Compass Rose and Flower (s in the short story H M Corvette (1942) and the novel The Cruel Sea (1951) by Nicholas Monsarrat) Conqueror (battleship frequently referred to in the novel The Destroyers by Douglas Reeman; clearly based on ) , , Invader, and Blue Ranger (escort carriers of the 14th Aircraft Carrier Squadron in Alistair MacLean's novel HMS Ulysses) Dipper and Winger (Kingfisher-class corvettes in the stories East Coast Corvette (1943) and Corvette Command (1944), by Nicholas Monsarrat; republished with H M Corvette as Three Corvettes in 1945) (G-class destroyer in the novel Killing Ground by Douglas Reeman) Jubilee (minesweeper in Nicholas Monsarrat's unfinished final novel The Master Mariner) Lomond (leader of a flotilla of fictional V and W-class destroyers in the novel The Destroyers by Douglas Reeman) (from the short story "HMS Marlborough Will Enter Harbour" by Nicholas Monsarrat; based on a 1927 sloop) Nairn (River-class frigate in Alistair MacLean's 1955 novel HMS Ulysses) (S-class destroyer in Alistair MacLean's novels The Guns of Navarone and Force 10 From Navarone) (from HMS Ulysses by Alistair MacLean, based on a fictional ) Vagabond ( in the 1989 novel The Fighting Spirit by Charles Gidley (Wheeler)) Vectra and (escorts of the 14th Aircraft Carrier Squadron in Alistair MacLean's novel HMS Ulysses) Viperous ( from the novel The Cruel Sea (1953) by Nicholas Monsarrat) Ventnor, Victor, Warden, Warlock, Waxwing, Whiplash and Whirlpool (members of a flotilla of fictional s in the novel The Destroyers by Douglas Reeman) Wildebeeste (almost certainly a destroyer, operating alongside the main character's unnamed destroyer in the novel Pincher Martin by William Golding) In World War II films Amesbury, , and Stratford, (from the 1953 Michael Rennie film Single-Handed or Sailor of the King, based on the novel Brown on Resolution by C. S. Forester; portrayed by : , , and ) Ballantrae (in the 1951 Trevor Howard film Gift Horse; based on