A number of ships have been named Seahorse or Sea Horse after the
marine creature, including:-
Merchant ships
The transport ship Sea Horse was wrecked in Tramore Bay on 30 January 1816 with the loss of 376 of the 402 people on board. She was on a voyage from Ramsgate to Cork.[1]
MV Seahorse - a Tanzanian tanker in service 2012-16
HMS Seahorse (1830) was a 46-gun fifth rate launched in 1830. She was converted to a
screw frigate in 1847, then a screw
mortar vessel in 1856. She was renamed Lavinia and used as a coal hulk in 1870 and was sold in 1902.[2]
HMS Seahorse (1880) was a 670-ton twin screw survey ship, launched in 1881 and sold for scrap in 1920.[2]
USS Sea Horse (1812) was a one-gun
schooner, purchased by the Navy in 1812 for service in the
War of 1812. She was beached and burned to prevent capture in 1814.
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