HMS Speedwell
Introduction Fifteen ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name '''HMS ''Speedwell''''':*  was a galley captured from the French in 1560 and broken up in 1580. *  was a 41-gun galleon, rebuilt in 1592, renamed ''Speedwell'' and rearmed to 40 guns in 1607, and was lost in 1624. *  was a 20-gun ship, renamed HMS ''Speedwell'' in 1660, and wrecked in 1676. *  was an 8-gun fireship purchased in 1688 and sunk as a breakwater in 1692. *  was an 8-gun fireship, rebuilt in 1702 as a 28-gun fifth rate, and wrecked in 1720. *  was a 14-gun sloop-of-war launched in 1744 and sold in 1750. *  was an 8-gun sloop, converted to a fireship and renamed HMS ''Spitfire'' in 1779, and sold in 1780. *  was a cutter of unknown origin, that the French captured in 1761. *  was an 18-gun sloop listed in 1775 that the  captured on 26 October 1781 near Gibraltar. *  was a 16-gun cutter purchased in 1780, converted to a brig in 1796, and foundered in 1807. *  was a 5-gun schooner purchased in 1815 and sold in 1834. *  was a survey cutter purchased in 1841 and sold in 1855. *  was a wooden screw  launched in 1861 and broken up in 1876. *  was a torpedo gunboat, converted to a minesweeper in 1909, and was sold in 1920. *  was a  launched in 1935, renamed ''Topaz'' and sold into civilian service in 1946. * ''Speedwell'', possibly a Revenue cutter or a privateer, captured two French privateers in early December 1782 near Weymouth. One was ''Complaisant'', and the other was ''Poisson Volant''. This ''Speedwell'' does not appear to be HMS ''Speedwell'' as at that time the latter was at Gibraltar.
See also *HM *** , for other ships named ''Speedwell''*Speedwell (disambiguation)
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