HMS Ringdove

Seven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Ringdove, another name for the common wood pigeon:

HMS Ringdove (1806) was an 18-gun Cruizer-class brig-sloop launched in 1806 and sold in 1829.
HMS Ringdove (1833) was a 16-gun brig-sloop launched in 1833 and broken up in 1850.
HMS Ringdove (1856) was a wooden screw gunvessel launched in 1856, sold in 1865 and broken up in 1866.
HMS Ringdove (1867) was a wooden screw gunvessel launched in 1867 and sold in 1882.
HMS Ringdove (1889) was a Redbreast-class composite screw gunboat launched in 1889. She became a salvage vessel in 1915 and was renamed HMS Melita, and was sold in 1920.
HMS Ringdove was a salvage vessel, launched in 1888 as the composite screw sloop HMS Melita. She was renamed HMS Ringdove on her conversion in 1915 and was sold in 1920.
HMS Ringdove (1938) was a Linnet-class minelayer launched in 1938 and sold to the Pakistani government in 1950 as a pilot vessel.

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