HMS Hotspur

HMS Hotspur

Vier Schiffe der Royal Navy führten den Namen HMS Hotspur, benannt nach dem Spitznamen von Sir Henry Percy:

  • Die erste Fregatte, die von 1810 bis 1821 in Dienst war.
  • Die zweite Hulk genutzt, 1868 in HMS Monmouth umbenannt und 1902 verkauft wurde.
  • Die dritte Rammschiff, das 1904 verkauft wurde.
  • Die vierte HMS Hotspur war ein Zerstörer der H-Klasse, der nach seinem Stapellauf 1936 im Zweiten Weltkrieg eingesetzt und 1948 an die Dominikanische Republik verkauft wurde.

Fiktive Schiffe

  • Eine HMS Hotspur spielt eine wesentliche Rolle im dritten Band der Romanreihe über Horatio Hornblower, der den Titel Hornblower auf der Hotspur führt. Sie ist mit 20 Neun-Pfünder Kanonen und vier Karronaden bewaffnet.
  • Eine HMS Hotspur taucht in Sir Arthur Conan Doyles Kurzgeschichte The Adventure of the Gloria Scott auf.
  • Eine HMS Hotspur ist das Schiff, auf dem der Protagonist Richard Bolitho in Alexander Kent's Roman Bruderschaft der See dient.

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