HMS Acute

Three ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Acute:

• HMS Acute (1797) was a 12-gun gunboat launched in 1797 and sold in 1802.
• HMS Acute (1804) was a 12-gun gun-brig launched in 1804. She was reduced to harbour service in 1813 and was transferred to the Coastguard in 1831.
• HMS Acute (J106) was an Algerine-class minesweeper ordered as HMS Alert but renamed in 1941 and launched in 1942. She was expended as a target in 1964.

See also

• HMAS Acute

References

• Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.