HMS Amity

Five vessels of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Amity:

• HMS Amity (1660) was a 36-gun ship purchased in 1650 and sold in 1667
• HMS Amity (1673) was a 6-gun fireship purchased in 1673 and sunk in the same year as a foundation at Sheerness Dockyard
• HMS Amity (1794) was a 10-gun fireship purchased in 1794 and sold in 1800
• HMS Amitie (1804) was a 14-gun schooner captured from the French in 1804. She was expended as a fireship at the Raid on Boulogne
• HMS Amity (1943) was a Catherine-class minesweeper intended for the Royal Navy but kept by the United States as USS Defense

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. p. 15. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.