The name Unicorn runs from a Scottish ship captured in 1544 through gunships, fire ships, and frigates. The lineage includes the nineteenth-century sailing ship preserved at Dundee and the twentieth-century aircraft-maintenance carrier. It then reaches an Upholder-class submarine transferred to Canada as HMCS Windsor. The sequence shows how one recurring name can expose changes in ship type and naval purpose across centuries, while the reference book supplies a route into each individual vessel's history.
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Tracing Royal Navy history through HMS Unicorn
A ship-name reference follows Unicorn from early gunships and fire ships to a preserved sailing ship, an aircraft-maintenance carrier, and a submarine.