- Source: HMS Opossum
Six ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Opossum, after the opossum:
HMS Opossum (1808) was a Cherokee-class brig-sloop launched in 1808 and sold in 1819.
HMS Opossum (1821) was a Cherokee-class brig-sloop launched in 1821 and sold in 1841.
HMS Opossum (1856) was an Albacore-class wooden screw gunboat launched in 1856. She became a hospital hulk in 1876, and a mooring vessel in 1891. She was renamed HMS Siren in 1895 and was sold in 1896.
HMS Opossum (1895) was a Sunfish-class destroyer launched in 1895 and sold in 1920.
HMS Opossum (U33) was a Black Swan-class sloop launched in 1944 and broken up in 1960.
HMS Opossum (S19) was an Oberon-class submarine launched in 1963 and broken up in 1996.
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.
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- HMS Opossum
- Opossum (disambiguation)
- HMS Opossum (S19)
- Michael Boyce, Baron Boyce
- Roger Keyes, 1st Baron Keyes
- HMS Opossum (1895)
- United Kingdom in the Korean War
- HMS Dolphin (shore establishment)
- HMS Opossum (U33)
- HMS Siren
