Sir Sidney Smith (ship)

Two British ships have been named Sir Sidney Smith (or Sidney Smith, or Sir Sydney Smith) , after Admiral Sidney Smith:

• Governor Simcoe (1793 ship), a British merchant vessel launched in 1793, taken over by the Royal Navy and renamed Sir Sidney Smith (alternatively spelled Sir Sydney Smith) in 1813 during the War of 1812
• Sir Sidney Smith (1799 ship), was a French vessel taken in prize in 1799. She served the Royal Navy for two years during the French Revolutionary Wars as a hired armed schooner. She then became a merchantman, sailing to the Mediterranean, the Baltic, and the West Indies. She was last listed in 1814.
• Sir Sidney Smith (1802 ship), was a British merchantman launched 1802 in Dover and captured in 1812
• Sir Sidney Smith, of 114 tons (bm), was launched at Cowes in 1807. She was a West Indiaman. She sank on 28 February 1810 at Port Royal, Jamaica after having arrived in a leaky state.[1]

Citations

1. "The Marine List". Lloyd's List. No. 4458. 15 May 1810. hdl:2027/uc1.c2735024.

See also

• Sidney Smith (disambiguation)
• Sydney Smith (disambiguation)