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HMS Mentor

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At least four ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Mentor:

During World War II, the Ministry of Defence took over Lews Castle as accommodation for the air and ground crew of 700 Naval Air Squadron. The squadron operated a detachment of six Supermarine Walrus aircraft from a slipway at Cuddy Point in the Grounds. The base was referred to as HMS Mentor.

Hired armed vessels

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  • From 1794 to 1798, the Admiralty employed the armed ship Mentor.
  • From 1793 to 1801 the Admiralty employed the hired armed vessel Mentor, a snow launched in 1792, of 1937694 tons (bm), armed with ten 4-pounder guns.[4]

Citations

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  1. ^ Owsley (1983).
  2. ^ McCarthy & Trotter (1992), pp.45-7.
  3. ^ "No. 12227". The London Gazette. 22 September 1781. p. 1.
  4. ^ Winfield (2008), p. 387.

References

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  • Owsley, Frank L. Jr. (July 1983) Review of: The Log of H.M.S. Mentor, 1780-1781, a New Account of the British Navy at Pensacola by James A. Servies. Florida Historical Quarterly, Vol. 62, No. 1, pp. 82–4.
  • McCarthy, Kevin M. & William L. Trotter (1992) Thirty Florida Shipwrecks. (Pineapple Press). ISBN 9781561640072
  • Hepper, David J. (1994). British Warship Losses in the Age of Sail, 1650-1859. Rotherfield: Jean Boudriot. ISBN 0-948864-30-3.
  • Winfield, Rif (2008). British Warships in the Age of Sail 1793–1817: Design, Construction, Careers and Fates. Seaforth Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-246-7.