HMS Amsterdam

Two ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Amsterdam, after the city of Amsterdam:

• HMS Amsterdam (1804) was the Dutch frigate Proserpine, launched in 1801, that the British captured in 1804 when they captured Suriname.[1] She was sold in 1815.
• HMS Amsterdam (1914) was a merchant vessel launched in 1894 and taken into service in 1914 as an armed boarding steamer. She was returned in September 1919.

See also

SS Amsterdam

Citations

1. "No. 15712". The London Gazette. 16 June 1804. p. 758.

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.