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HMS Mercury

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HMS Mercury (1779) cutting out a French gunboat from Rovigno, 1 April 1809
18 gun ordnance store ship Mercury, Lieut. Heighington R.N. breaking the blockade of Gibraltar in 1782

Eighteen Royal Navy ships and two schools have borne the name HMS Mercury, or HMS Mercure, after the God Mercury, of Roman mythology

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HMS Mercury (shore establishment) was a Royal Naval Communications/Signal School sited at Leydene House near Petersfield, Hampshire, in commission from 1941 until 1993. A subsidiary (HMS Mercury II) was also created.

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References

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  • 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.
  1. ^ "British schooner 'Mercury' (1760)". Threedecks. Retrieved 28 August 2021.