HMS Morning Star

Updated on Dec 18, 2024

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Six ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Morning Star, after the poetic name for Venus:

HMS Morning Star was a 14-gun ketch captured from the Dutch in 1672 and given away in 1674.

HMS Morning Star was a cutter purchased in 1763 and sold in 1773.

HMS Morning Star was a 16-gun sloop, formerly an American privateer captured in 1781 and sold in 1782.

HMS Morning Star was a 22-gun sloop launched in 1799. Her fate is unknown.

HMS Morning Star was an M class destroyer launched in 1915 and sold in 1921.

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