Episode 1799
HMS Unique
Thu, 2022-Apr-07 00:47 UTC
Length - 1:35
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Welcome to random Wiki of the Day where we read the summary of a random Wikipedia page every day.
The random article for Thursday, 7 April 2022 is HMS Unique.
Three ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Unique:
HMS Unique (1804) was the French 10-gun schooner Harmonie, captured from the French in 1804, and sunk while or after being recaptured by a French privateer in 1806.
HMS Unique was HMS Netley, captured by the French in 1806, and used by them as the 21-gun privateer Duquesne. In 1807 HMS Blonde captured Duquesne, which the Royal Navy returned to service as the 12-gun HMS Unique. She was expended in an unsuccessful fireship attack in 1809.
HMS Unique (N95) was a U-class submarine launched in 1940 and sunk in 1942.
This recording reflects the Wikipedia text as of 00:47 UTC on Thursday, 7 April 2022.
For the full current version of the article, see HMS Unique on Wikipedia.
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