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Piratical beginnings in the Caribbean!! Very little is known of the first HMS St. Christopher, but it seems that she was originally the French sloop Mohawk, an 18 gun French privateer which was given to the Royal Navy by the people of the Island of St Christopher (St Kitts) in the West Indies in about 1807. Perhaps, somewhat less than coincidentally, the neighbouring island is called Nevis! Whether this had a bearing on the Admiralty giving the WWII training base the name ST CHRISTOPHER is, at this stage only conjecture! The only record of the first HMS ST CHRISTOPHER’s activities that I have been able to find was that she went to the aid of the shipwrecked crew of HMS Astrea on the southern end of the Caribbean island of Anegada in the Virgin Islands on 25 May 1808. Her name disappears from the Navy List in 1810. Short History of HMS St Christopher Piratical beginnings in the Caribbean!!
Fort William HMS St Christopher Buildings in Corpach Buildings in Fort William List of Boats Short History of Training Ship St. Christopher
Derrick Warner
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