HMS Germaine

Two vessels of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Germaine or Germain, in honour of Lord Germain:^[1]

• HM armed ship Germaine, of 14 guns, was purchased in April 1779. The French captured her in 1781 and beyond that her ultimate fate is unknown.^[2]
• HMS Germaine was a brig-sloop purchased in 1782 and sold on 25 March 1784.

Citations

1. Buker and Martin (1979), p.69-70.
2. Demerliac (1996), p.148, #1254.

References

• Buker, George E. and Richard Apley Martin (July 1979) "Governor Tonyn's Brown-Water Navy: East Florida during the American Revolution, 1775-1778". Florida Historical Quarterly, Vol. 58, No. 1, pp. 58-71.
• 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. OCLC 67375475.
• Demerliac, Alain (1996) La Marine De Louis XVI: Nomenclature Des Navires Français De 1774 À 1792. (Nice: Éditions OMEGA). ISBN 2-906381-23-3
• Winfield, Rif (2007) British Warships in the Age of Sail 1714-1792: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. (Seaforth). ISBN 978-1-84415-700-6.