HMS Victor
Introduction Seven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name '''HMS ''Victor''''':*  was a 10-gun brig-sloop purchased in 1777.She foundered in 1780. *  was the 14-gun American privateer sloop ''Hunter'' that the Royal Navy captured in Penobscot Bay in 1779; she disappeared with all hands in the Great Hurricane of San Domingo on 5 October 1780. *  was an 18-gun  launched in 1798 and paid off in 1808 to be sold. Because ''Victor'' served in the navy's Egyptian campaign (8 March to 2 September 1801), her officers and crew qualified for the clasp "Egypt" to the Naval General Service Medal, which the Admiralty issued in 1847 to all surviving claimants. * HMS ''Victor'' (1808) was an 18-gun brig-sloop, formerly the privateer ''Revenant'' of Robert Surcouf, and French corvette ''Iéna''. She was captured in 1808, recaptured by the French in 1809, retaken by the British in 1810 and broken up. *  was an 18-gun  launched in 1814.She foundered in 1842. *  was a wooden screw gunvessel launched in 1855.She was sold in 1863 as the civilian ''Scylla''; the Confederate Navy repurchased her as CSS ''Rappahannock''. *  was an  launched in 1913 and sold in 1923.
See also * * * * List of ships named HMS ''Victory''* List of ships named HMY ''Victoria and Albert''* Victor (disambiguation)
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