Talisman (ship)

Numerous vessels have borne the name Talisman, including:

  • French aviso Talisman, launched for the French navy at Le Havre in 1862 and also used as an oceanographical survey ship[1]
  • Talisman (1864), built as American Civil War blockade runner[2]
  • Talisman (1896), a Clyde paddle steamer that served the railway companies until 1934[3]
  • HMS Louis (1913), a destroyer originally named HMS Talisman but renamed Louis while under construction
  • HMS Talisman (1915), one of four Talisman-class destroyers, taken over by the Royal Navy during the First World War
  • DEPV Talisman, a Clyde paddle vessel that served the railway companies until 1967[4]
  • HMS Talisman (N78), a submarine commissioned in 1940 and sunk in 1942
  • Talisman UUV, an autonomous unmanned mini-sub, launched in 2004
  • Two steamboats Talisman associated with Abraham Lincoln and his home at New Salem, Illinois which were built in 1832 and 1961

See also
  1. Winfield, Rif (2015). French Warships in the Age of Sail, 1786–1861. Barnsley: Seaforth. p. 1864?. ISBN 9781848323537. Retrieved 25 February 2020.
  2. Wise, Stephen R (1988). Lifeline of the Confederacy. Columbia: University of South Carolina Press. pp. 206–208, 323. ISBN 0-87249-799-2.
  3. Deayton, Alistair (30 August 2013). Directory of Clyde Paddle Steamers. Stroud: Amberley. p. 219. ISBN 9781445614878.
  4. Deayton, Alistair (30 August 2013). Directory of Clyde Paddle Steamers. Stroud: Amberley. pp. 234–235. ISBN 9781445614878.
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