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HMS Esperance

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Two ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Esperance, after espérance, the French term for 'hope':

  • HMS Esperance was a sloop captured in 1626 and given away in 1632.
  • HMS Esperance was launched in 1781 in America, became a slave ship sailing from Liverpool, and then a privateer, was captured four times in two years, and on the last capture (in 1795 from the French), became a 16-gun sloop of the Royal Navy until sold in 1798.

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    HMS Esperance Wikipedia
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