// Workers AI · dad joke modeWhat did HMS Sampson say to its friend? "Sea you later".
Six ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Sampson or HMS Samson, after the biblical hero Samson.
- HMS Sampson (1643) was a 20-gun ship captured in 1643 and exchanged for the 26-gun HMS President in 1646.
- HMS Sampson (1652) was a 32-gun ship captured in 1652 and lost in action in 1653.
- HMS Sampson (1652) was a 32-gun ship captured in 1652 and sold in 1658.
- HMS Samson (1678) was a 12-gun fireship purchased in 1678 and expended in 1689.
- HMS Sampson (1781) was a 64-gun third rate launched in 1781, hulked in 1802 and broken up in 1832.
- HMS Sampson (1844) was a wooden paddle frigate launched in 1844 and sold in 1864.
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