Several vessels of the British Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Minorca, for the island of Menorca, which the British called "Minorca": * was a lighter launched at Deptford in 1740 that the French captured in 1756. * HMS Minorca (1779) was a xebec-rigged vessel that the Royal Navy had built at Port Mahon, Minorca in 1779. She participated in one major engagement in 1780. The Navy scuttled her in 1781. * HMS Minorca was the French brig Alerte (1787), which the Royal Navy captured in 1799 and took into service, renaming her Minorca; the Navy sold her in 1802. * HMS Minorca (1805) was a Cruizer-class brig-sloop. She served during the Napoleonic Wars in the Mediterranean and was sold in 1814 after an uneventful career. This article includes a list of ships with the same or similar names
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