HMS Telegraph

At least two vessels in the service of the Royal Navy have borne the name Telegraph.

• HM hired brig Telegraph (1798),was a 14-gun brig that was launched in 1798, participated in a ship action in 1799 that earned the crew a Naval General Service Medal. She and her entire crew were lost at sea in 1801.^[1]
• HMS Telegraph (1813), the former American privateer Vengeance, captured in 1813 and wrecked in 1817 with the loss of one man.^[2]

Citations

1. Hepper (1994), p.97.
2. Hepper (1994), p.155-6.

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. OCLC 67375475.
• Hepper, David J. (1994). British Warship Losses in the Age of Sail, 1650-1859. Rotherfield: Jean Boudriot. ISBN 0-948864-30-3.
• Winfield, Rif (2008). British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793–1817: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth. ISBN 1-86176-246-1.