HMS Watchful

Several ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Watchful:

• HMS Watchful (1804) (Gunvessel 12), a 12-gun gunboat, purchased as Jane in 1804, then a tender from 1811. Sold in 1814.[1]
• HMS Watchful (1856), a Clown-class wood steam gunboat built in 1856 by T & W Smith, North Shields. Sold at Hong Kong in 1871.[1][2]
• HMS Watchful (1883), a Albacore-class 4-gun composite steam gunboat built by Laird in 1883. Tender to HMS Devastation from 1890. Became a boom defence vessel in 1903, then sold in 1907.[1][3]
• HMS Watchful (1911), a coastguard vessel, built by Hall Russell for service in Newfoundland. Sold 1920 to the Newfoundland Government.[1]
• HMS Watchful (1948), a fishery protection vessel, previously MFV 1080, renamed 1948.[1]
• HMS Watchful (1956), a fishery protection vessel, previously Motor Launch ML 2840.[1]
• HMS Watchful (1959), a fishery protection vessel, previously Ley-class minehunter HMS Broomley.[1] renamed in 1959

In addition, the Royal Navy used the hired trawler Watchful as boom defence vessel BDV 7, 1915–1919.[4]

References

1. Colledge, J J (1969). Ships of the Royal Navy: An Historical Index (Vol. 1) (1st ed.). Newton Abbot, Devon: David & Charles. p. 604.
2. Lyon, David; Winfield, Rif (2004). The Sail & Steam Navy List : All the Ships of the Royal Navy 1815 - 1889. London: Chatham. p. 230. ISBN 1861760329.
3. Lyon, David; Winfield, Rif (2004). The Sail & Steam Navy List : All the Ships of the Royal Navy 1815 - 1889. London: Chatham. p. 298. ISBN 1861760329.
4. Colledge, J J (1970). Ships of the Royal Navy: An Historical Index (Vol. 2) (1st ed.). Newton Abbot, Devon: David & Charles. p. 382.