HMS Blackwater

HMS Blackwater is the name of two of Royal Navy vessels, named after the English River Blackwater:

• HMS Blackwater (1903), a River-class destroyer launched in 1903 and sunk in 1909
• HMS Blackwater (M2008), a River-class minesweeper, launched in 1984 and sold to the Brazilian Navy in 1998 as Vital de Oliveira

References

• Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.