HMS Sirene (1794) was previously the French
Serin, a brig-
aviso, launched in 1788 at Bayonne.
HMS Intrepid and
HMS Chichester captured her in 1794. She left Jamaica in late July 1796 and was lost without a trace, probably in August 1796.
HMS Siren was to have been a 32-gun
Narcissus-class fifth rate, ordered in 1805 and cancelled in 1806.
HMS Siren was previously
USS Syren (1803). She was captured in 1814 and used as a hospital hulk. She was on the Navy list until 1815.
Syren was an American
schooner that a British squadron captured off New York in January 1813 and armed for use as a tender.[1] Disposal unknown.
Siren was a steam tender built in 1855 for the use of royalty at Bermuda and sold in 1863.
Syren was a training tender, purchased in 1878 and attached to
HMS Britannia. She was sold in 1912.
See also
HMS Syeren, a Danish 74-gun
fourth-rate captured in 1807. She was converted to harbour service in 1809, sold in 1814 but retained and sold again in 1815.
Notes
^Until the beginning of the nineteenth century (and even later) the spellings were interchangeable. Different spellings for the same ships are used in sources, sometimes within the same document.
Citations
^Lloyd's Marine List,
[1] - accessed 29 November 2013.
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