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H.M.S. Defiant
H.M.S. Defiant is a British movie released in 1962 about a mutiny aboard the fictitious ship of the title at around the time of the Spithead Mutiny, starring Alec Guinness and Dirk Bogarde. It was known as Damn the Defiant! in the United States. Synopsis [Spoiler warningSpoiler warning]:..
HM's Representative at Ascot
The holder of the unique British royal household post of His/Her Majesty's Representative at Ascot heads the Ascot Office at St. James's Palace and is responsible for admitting people to the Royal Enclosure at Ascot Racecourse. Until 1901, the position was held by the Master of the Buckhounds. Sin..
HMS
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HMS4L: The Many Lives of Walter Rattamus
HMS4L: The Many Lives of Walter Rattamus is a video retrospective of the pioneering funk/rap/metal band 24-7 Spyz, featuring interviews, backstage footage, promotional videos, and a large amount of live concert clips covering the band's entire career beginning in 1987 and including footage from ..
HMSL
The Hierarchical Music Specification Language (HMSL) is a music programming language written in the 1980s by Larry Polansky, Phil Burk, and David Rosenboom at Mills College. Written on top of Forth, it allowed for the creation of real-time interactive music performance systems, algorithmic composit..
HMSS Hephaestus
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HMS A1
Career Ordered: Laid down: Launched: July 9 1902 Commissioned: Decommissioned: Fate: Lost 1911. Wreck rediscovered 1989. Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: 190 tons surfaced 207 tons submerged Length: 103.25 feet (31 m) Beam: 11.9 feet (3.6 m) Draught: Propulsion:..
HMS A10
Career Ordered: Laid down: Launched: Commissioned: Decommissioned: Fate: Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: 190 tons surfaced, 207 tons submerged Length: 105.25 feet (32 m) Beam: 12.75 feet (3.9 m) Draught: 10.5 feet (3.2 m) Propulsion: 550 HP petrol engine 150 HP..
HMS A11
Career Ordered: Laid down: Launched: 8 March 1905 Commissioned: Decommissioned: Fate: Scrapped May 1920 Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: 190 tons surfaced, 207 tons submerged Length: 105.25 feet (32 m) Beam: 12.75 feet (3.9 m) Draught: 10.5 feet (3.2 m) Propulsion..
HMS A12
Career Ordered: Laid down: Launched: Commissioned: Decommissioned: Fate: Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: 190 tons surfaced, 207 tons submerged Length: 105.25 feet (32 m) Beam: 12.75 feet (3.9 m) Draught: 10.5 feet (3.2 m) Propulsion: 550 HP petrol engine 150 HP..
HMS A13
Career Ordered: Laid down: Launched: Commissioned: Decommissioned: Fate: Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: 190 tons surfaced, 207 tons submerged Length: 105.25 feet (32 m) Beam: 12.75 feet (3.9 m) Draught: 10.5 feet (3.2 m) Propulsion: 550 HP petrol engine 150 HP..
HMS A2
Career Ordered: Laid down: Launched: April 15 1903 Commissioned: Decommissioned: Fate: Scrapped January 1920 Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: 190 tons surfaced 207 tons submerged Length: 105.25 feet (32 m) Beam: 12.75 feet (3.9 m) Draught: Propulsion: 16 cylinder..
HMS A3
Career Ordered: Laid down: Launched: Commissioned: July 13 1904 Decommissioned: Fate: May 12 1912 sunk as gunnery target Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: 190 tons surfaced, 207 tons submerged Length: 105.25 feet (32 m) Beam: 12.75 feet (3.9 m) Draught: Propulsio..
HMS A4
Career Ordered: Laid down: 19 February 1902 Launched: 9 June 1903 Commissioned: 17 July 1904 Decommissioned: Fate: Sold for scrapping 16 January 1920 Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: 190 tons surfaced, 207 tons submerged Length: 105.25 feet (32 m) Beam: 12.75 feet (3...
HMS A5
Career Ordered: Laid down: February 19 1902 Launched: March 1904 Commissioned: February 11 1905 Decommissioned: December 1915 Fate: Scrapped in 1920 at Portsmouth Dockyard Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: 190 tons surfaced, 207 tons submerged Length: 105.25 feet (32 m) ..
HMS A6
Career Ordered: Laid down: Launched: Commissioned: Decommissioned: Fate: Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: 190 tons surfaced, 207 tons submerged Length: 105.25 feet (32 m) Beam: 12.75 feet (3.9 m) Draught: 10.5 feet (3.2 m) Propulsion: 550 HP petrol engine 150 HP..
HMS A7
Career Ordered: Laid down: February 19 1903 Launched: Commissioned: January 16 1905 Decommissioned: Fate: Sunk in Whitsand Bay on January 16 1914 Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: 190 tons surfaced, 207 tons submerged Length: 105.25 feet (32 m) Beam: 12.75 feet (3.9 m..
HMS A8
Career Ordered: Laid down: Launched: January 231905 Commissioned: Decommissioned: Fate: Scrapped 1920 Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: 190 tons surfaced, 207 tons submerged Length: 105.25 feet (32 m) Beam: 12.75 feet (3.9 m) Draught: 10.5 feet (3.2 m) Propulsion: ..
HMS A9
Career Ordered: Laid down: Launched: Commissioned: Decommissioned: Fate: Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: 190 tons surfaced, 207 tons submerged Length: 105.25 feet (32 m) Beam: 12.75 feet (3.9 m) Draught: 10.5 feet (3.2 m) Propulsion: 550 HP petrol engine 150 HP..
HMS Abdiel
HMS Abdiel has been the name of at least two Royal Navy ships. HMS Abdiel, a minelayer of the Abdiel class. She was launched on 23 April, 1940. On 10 September, 1943, she struck a mine and sank in a harbour in Taranto, Italy, while carrying troops. The mines had been laid only a few hours earlie..
HMS Abeille
Several ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Abeille. There were at least six tugs with that name that served during World War II. ..
HMS Abelard
Several ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Abelard. HMS Abelard was a converted minesweeper. HMS Abelard was a planned submarine of the A- class. ..
HMS Abelia (K184)
HMS Abelia (K184) was a Flower-class corvette of the Royal Navy. She was launched on 28 November, 1940, and was fitted for minesweeping. She served in World War II; her commanding officer for parts of 1943 and 1944 was Lieutenant Orme G. Stuart. She was damaged by a torpedo from an unknown German ..
HMS Aboukir (1900)
HMS Aboukir was a Cressy class cruiser of 12,000 tons. Her triple expansion engines and twin screws gave her a top speed of 21 knots. She carried 2 x 9.2in and 12 x 6in guns. She was built by Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd, Govan, Scotland, in 1902. The Cressy-class vessels had rapidly..
HMS Abyssinia (1870)
Career Laid down: July 23 1868 Launched: February 19 1870 Completed: October 1870 Broken up: 1903 Specification Displacement: 2,301 tons Length: 225 ft Beam: 42 ft Draught: 14 ft 7 inches Engine: Two-shaft Dudgeon, I.H.P.= 1,200 Speed: 9.59 knots Complement: 100 Armament 1870: Four 1..
HMS Acasta
Three ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Acasta: The first Acasta, launched in 1797, was a 40-gun fifth-rate frigate that served in the Napoleonic Wars. Along with Leander and Newcastle she captured the American privateer Prince de Neufchâtel in the War of 1812. She was broken up in 1821...
HMS Acasta (H09)
The third Acasta (H09), launched in 1929, was an A-class destroyer. She served in World War II and was sunk on 8 June 1940 in action against the German battlecruisers Scharnhorst and Gneisenau, while escorting the aircraft carrier HMS Glorious. Glorious and her other escort, HMS Ardent, were also s..
HMS Ace (P414)
HMS Ace (P414) was the name allocated to an Amphion-class submarine of the Royal Navy which was launched at Devonport Dockyard on March 14 1945 during the Second World War. She was not completed because the end of the war intervened. However the hull was used for crush depth testing before being so..
HMS Achates
Five vessels of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Achates after the character from Roman mythology: The first Achates was a 13-gun ship launched in 1573 and sold in 1605.The second Achates was a 10-gun sloop launched in 1808 and wrecked in 1810 off Guadeloupe.The third Achates was a 16-gun..
HMS Achates (H12)
Career Ordered: 6 March 1928 Laid down: 11 September 1928 Launched: 4 October 1929 Commissioned: 27 March 1930 Fate: Sunk, Battle of the Barents Sea 31 December 1942 Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: 1,350 tons Length: 312 ft between perpendiculars323 ft overall Beam: 3..
HMS Acheron
Seven vessels of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Acheron after Acheron, a river of Hades in Greek mythology. The first Acheron was an 8-gun bomb vessel launched in 1803 and burned by the French in 1805.The second Acheron was a paddle sloop launched in 1838 and sold in 1855.Acheron was the name g..
HMS Acheron (P411)
HMS Acheron (P411) was an Amphion-class submarine of the Royal Navy, laid down 26 August 1944, launched 25 March 1947, completed 1948 and carried out 'General Naval Service' around the UK until the end of 1964. For the next 2 years she was loaned to the Canadian Navy. She was decommissioned and brok..
HMS Achille
Four ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Achille, after the Greek hero Achilles. The French spelling celebrates the capture of ships of this name from the French. The first Achille was an 8-gun French sloop captured in 1745 during the War of the Austrian Succession.The second Achille was a ..
HMS Achilles
Six ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Achilles, after the Greek hero Achilles. Four others, mostly prizes, have had the French spelling of the name, Achille. The first Achilles was an 8-gun schooner purchased in 1747. She served in the War of the Austrian Succession and was captured in 17..
HMS Achilles (1863)
Career Laid down: August 1 1861 Floated out: December 23 1863 Completed: November 26 1864 Broken up: 1925 Specification Displacement: 9,829 tons Length: 380 ft (115.8 m) Beam: 58 ft 3 inches (17.8 m) Draught: 27 ft 3 inches (8.3 m) Engines: One-shaft Penn trunk engine; I.H.P.= 5,720 ..
HMS Achilles (F12)
Career Ordered: Laid down: 1st December 1967 Launched: 21st November 1968 Commissioned: 9th July 1970 Decommissioned: January 1990 Fate: Sold to Chilean Navy 1990. Renamed Ministro Zenteno Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: Length: Beam: Draught: Propulsion: Spee..
HMS Achille (1778)
HMS Achille was a 74-gun 3rd rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy. Originally the French ship Annibal, launched in 1778, she was renamed Achille in 1786 and was one of six ships captured at the battle of the Glorious First of June in 1794. She was commissioned into the Royal Navy, keeping the F..
HMS Achille (1798)
The fourth ship of the Royal Navy to have been named HMS Achille, after the Greek hero Achilles. A 74-gun third-rate built at Gravesend and launched in 1798. She fought at the Battle of Trafalgar and was sold in 1865. At Trafalgar, the Achille engaged the Montanes, also a 74-gun ship, and the mor..
HMS Active
Eleven ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Active: The first Active, launched in 1758, was a 28-gun sixth-rate captured in 1778 by the French off San Domingo during the American Revolutionary War.The second Active, launched in 1776, was a 14-gun brig-sloop captured in 1780 by the Americans ..
HMS Active (1869)
The HMS Active was a Royal Navy Corvette, launched 1869, 270 feet long, 3080 tons. Active entered service in 1873, as the Commodore's ship on the Cape of Good Hope and West African station. Her crew served ashore in both the Ashanti and Zulu Wars. She was rearmed and refitted in 1879, and was sele..
HMS Active (F171)
Career Ordered: Laid down: 23 July 1971 Launched: 23 November 1972 Commissioned: 19 July 1977 Decommissioned: 23 September 1994 Fate: Sold to Pakistan on 23 September 1994. Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: 3,250 tons full load Length: 384 feet (117 m) Beam: 41 ft 9 in ..
HMS Activity
The HMS Activity was an aircraft carrier which served with the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom during World War II. Description Displacement: 11,800 tonsSpeed: 18 knotsAircraft: 15Armament: 4 x 4 inch dual-purpose guns* Shell weight: 35 pounds* Range: 19,000 yards* Ceiling: 39,000 feet The..
HMS Adamant
Four ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Adamant: The first Adamant was a 50-gun fourth-rate ship of the line launched in 1780 and broken up in 1814.The second Adamant was a depot ship launched in 1911 and sold in 1932.The third Adamant (F64) was a submarine tender launched in 1940 ..
HMS Adamant (1940)
Career Ordered: ???? Laid down: ???? Launched: 30 November 1940 Commissioned: 1942 Decommissioned: March 1966 Fate: Broken up September 1970 Struck: Never General Characteristics Displacement: 12,500 tons (12,700 metric tonnes) unloaded16,500 tons (16,765 metric tonnes) loaded Leng..
HMS Adventure
Eleven ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Adventure: The first Adventure was a 26-gun galley launched in 1594 and broken up 1645.The second Adventure was a 32-gun ship launched in 1646 and captured by the French in 1701.The third Adventure was a 40-gun fifth rate launched in 1709 and broke..
HMS Adventure (1771)
HMS Adventure was a barque of the Royal Navy that sailed with Resolution on James Cook's second expedition to the Pacific in 1772–1775. She was the first ship to circumnavigate the globe from west to east. She began her career as the North Sea collier Marquis of Rockingham, launched at Whi..
HMS Aeneas (P427)
HMS Aeneas (P427), named after the hero Aeneas from Greek mythology, was an Amphion-class submarine of the Royal Navy, built by Cammell Laird and launched 9 October 1945. Aeneas was broken up in 1974. Amphion-class submarine Acheron | Aeneas | Affray | Alaric | Alcide | Alderney | Alliance | A..
HMS Aetna
Six ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Aetna after the volcano Etna. The first Aetna was an 8-gun fire ship launched in 1691.The second Aetna was an 8-gun fire ship purchased in 1739.The third Aetna was an 8-gun bomb vessel launched in 1776.The fourth Aetna was an 8-gun bomb vessel purchas..
HMS Aetna (1803)
HMS Aetna was one of the Royal Navy bomb vessels involved in the attack on Fort McHenry in the Battle of Baltimore and the bombardment of Fort Washington, Maryland in 1814, during the War of 1812. In these actions she was commanded by Richard Kenah. Prior to this, Aetna participated in the second B..
HMS Affray (P421)
Affray, last Royal Navy submarine to be lost at sea. Career Ordered: Late May 1943 Laid down: 16 January 1944 Launched: 12 April 1944 Commissioned: 25 November 1945 Fate: foundered 16 April 1951 Stricken: June 1951 General Characteristics Displacement: 1385 tons surfaced, 1620 tons sub..
HMS Africa
Six ships of the British Royal Navy ships have been named HMS Africa, after the continent of Africa. The first Africa was a 46-gun ship in service from 1694 to 1696, but about which little more is known.The second Africa, 64 was a 64-gun third-rate in service from 1761 to 1774.The third Africa, 64 ..
HMS Africa (1781)
HMS Africa was a 64-gun third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy. She was launched by Barnard at Deptford, 11 April 1781. During the American War of Independence, she was sent out to India in early 1782 as part of a squadron of five ships under Commodore Sir Richard Bickerton, arriving too la..
HMS Africa (1905)
Career Ordered: Laid down: January 1904 Launched: 20 May 1905 at Chatham Dockyard Commissioned: Decommissioned: Fate: Sold for scrapping 30 June 1920 Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: normal 16,350 tons, full draft 17,500 tons Length: 453 ft 6 in (138 m) Beam: 78 ft (..
HMS Afridi
Two ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Afridi. The first Afridi was a Tribal-class destroyer laid down by Sir W. G. Armstrong, Whitworth and Company at Newcastle-on-Tyne in 1905, launched on 8 May 1907 and completed on 10 September 1909. Afridi was sold for scrap to F. Wilkinson on 9 D..
HMS Afridi (F07)
Career Ordered: Laid down: 9 June 1936 Launched: 8 June 1937 Commissioned: 3 May 1938 Fate: Sunk Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: 2,020 T Length: 377 ft Beam: 36 ft 6 in Draught: 13 ft Propulsion: 2 x 22,000 shp Pearson geared turbine engines..
HMS Agamemnon
Four ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Agamemnon, after the legendary Greek king Agamemnon. The first Agamemnon was a 64-gun third-rate launched in 1781 and wrecked in 1809.The second Agamemnon was a screw-driven 91-gun second-rate launched in 1852 and sold 1870.The third Agamemnon was an..
HMS Agamemnon (1781)
HMS Agamemnon was a Royal Navy third-rate ship of the line with an armament of 64 guns. She was built at Bucklers Hard on the Beaulieu River in the New Forest, was launched on the 10th of April 1781, and served until 1809 when she was lost after running aground on a shoal in the mouth of the River P..
HMS Agamemnon (1852)
HMS Agamemnon - Royal Navy battleship ordered by the Admiralty in 1849 in response to the perceived threat from France by their possession of ships of the Napoleon class. She was the first British battleship to be designed and built from the keel up with installed steam power, although, due to t..
HMS Agamemnon (1879)
Career Laid down: May 9 1876 Launched; September 17 1879 Completed: March 29 1883 Broken up: 1903 Specification Displacement: 8,510 tons Length: 300 ft 9 inches Beam: 66 ft Draught: 23 ft 6 inches Engine: Two-shaft Penn inverted compound, I.H.P,= 6,000 Speed: 13 knots Complement: 345 ..
HMS Agincourt
Five ships of the Royal Navy have been called HMS Agincourt, named after the Battle of Agincourt of 1415, and construction of another was started but not completed. The first Agincourt was a wooden third-rate ship of the line bought from the East India Company in 1796.The second Agincourt was anoth..
HMS Agincourt (1796)
HMS Agincourt, 64, was a wooden 3rd rate ship of the line bought from the East India Company in 1796, where she had been called Earl Talbot. She was decomissioned in 1809 and converted to a prison ship before being broken up in 1814. General characteristics Displacement: 1439 tonsLength: 172 ft 9 ..
HMS Agincourt (1865)
Career Laid down: October 30 1861 Launched: March 27 1865 Completed: June 1 1867 Broken up: 1960 Specification Displacement: 10,800 tons Length: 671 ft 6 in (205 m) Beam: 89 ft (27.1 m) Draught: 27 ft (8.2 m) Engine: One-shaft Maudsley return conn. rod I.H.P.=6,700 Speed: 14.8 knots ..
HMS Agincourt (1913)
Career Ordered: Laid down: September 1911 Launched: January 1913 Commissioned: August 1914 Decommissioned: 1921 Fate: Scrapped 1924 Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: 27,500 tons normal30,250 tons full load Length: 671 ft 6 in (205 m) Beam: 89 ft (27.1 m) Draught: 27 f..
HMS Agincourt (D86)
Career Ordered: 1943 Laid down: 12 December 1943 Launched: 29 January 1945 Commissioned: 25 June 1947 Decommissioned: 1972 Fate: Sold for scrap in 1974 Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: 2315 tons Length: 379 ft (116 m) Beam: 40 ft 3 in (12.3 m) Draught: 12 ft 8 in (3.9 ..
HMS Aisne (D22)
Career Ordered: 1943 Laid down: 26 August 1943 Launched: 12 May 1945 Commissioned: 20 March 1947 Decommissioned: 1968 Fate: Sold for scrap Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: Length: Beam: Draught: Propulsion: Speed: Range: Complement: Armament: Aircraft: ..
HMS Ajax
Eight ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Ajax after the Greek hero Ajax: The first Ajax, launched in 1765, was a 74-gun third-rate ship of the line broken up and sold in 1785.The second Ajax, launched in 1798, was another 74-gun third-rate that fought at the battle of Trafalgar in 1805 and..
HMS Ajax (1765)
HMS Ajax, launched in 1767 at Portsmouth dockyard, was a third rate 74-gun ship of the line of the Royal Navy. She saw extensive action in the War of American Independence, taking part in the Battles of Cape St. Vincent, the Chesapeake, St. Kitts and the Saintes. She was sold in 1785. See HMS Aj..
HMS Ajax (1798)
HMS Ajax, launched in 1798, was a 74-gun third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy. She fought at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805. During the battle she assisted Orion in forcing the surrender of the French seventy-four Intrépide. The Ajax was destroyed in an accidental fire while serving in t..
HMS Ajax (1809)
The HMS Ajax, third of the name, was launched in 1809, and was a 74-gun third-rate battleship. She was converted to a blockship with screw propulsion for coastal defense (also called "steam-guard-ships") in 1846. The conversion process involved removing her copper, removing the ballast and some ..
HMS Ajax (1880)
Career Laid down: March 21 1876 Launched: March 10 1880 Completed: March 30 1883 Broken up: 1904 Specification Displacement: 8,510 tons Length: 300 ft 9 inches Beam: 66 ft Draught: 23 ft 6 inches Engine: Two-shaft Pen inverted compound, I.H.P.= 6,000 Speed: 13 knots Complement: 345 A..
HMS Ajax (1912)
Career Ordered: 1910 Laid down: 27 February 1911 Launched: 21 March 1912 Commissioned: 31 October 1913 Decommissioned: 1924 Fate: Sold for scrap, November 9, 1926 Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: 23,400 tons Length: 598 feet (182.3 m) Beam: 89 feet (27.1 m) Draught: 27..
HMS Ajax (22)
Career Ordered: Laid down: 7 February 1933 Launched: 1 March 1934 Commissioned: 3 June 1935 Decommissioned: February 1948 Fate: Sold for scrap in 1949 Struck: General characteristics Displacement: 7,220 tons (9,140 full load) Length: 554 ft 1 in (169 m) Beam: 55 ft 6 in (16.9 m) D..
HMS Ajax (F114)
Career Ordered: Laid down: 12 October 1959 Launched: 16 August 1962 Commissioned: 10 December 1963 Decommissioned: 31 May 1985 Fate: Scrapped 1988 Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: 2450 tons std, 2860 tons max Length: 372 ft Beam: 41 ft Draught: 18 ft Propulsion: 2 x ..
HMS Alacrity
Several ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Alacrity: Alacrity, launched in 1885, was a Surprise-class 3rd class cruiser, sold in 1913.Surprise, launched in 1885, was the lead ship of her class of 3rd class cruisers. She was renamed Alacrity in 1913 and served on the China station until s..
HMS Alacrity (F174)
Career Ordered: Laid down: 5 March 1973 Launched: 18 September 1974 Commissioned: 2 July 1977 Decommissioned: 1 March 1994 Fate: Sold to Pakistan on 1 March 1994 Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: 3,250 tons full load Length: 384 feet (117 m) Beam: 41 ft 9 in (12.7 m) D..
HMS Alamein (D17)
Career Ordered: 1943 Laid down: 1 March 1944 Launched: 12 May 1945 Commissioned: 20 March 1947 Decommissioned: 1959 Fate: Sold for scrap Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: Length: Beam: Draught: Propulsion: Speed: Range: Complement: Armament: Aircraft: M..
HMS Albemarle
Five ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Albemarle after George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle (sometimes the spelling Albermarle is seen). The first Albemarle was a ship in service in 1664. Nothing more is known.The second Albemarle was a 6-gun fire ship purchased and destroyed in 1667.The t..
HMS Albemarle (1901)
HMS Albemarle was a pre-Dreadnought Duncan-class battleship of the Royal Navy, named after George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle. She was laid down on 8 January 1900 at Chatham Dockyard, launched on 5 March 1901, and commissioned on 12 November 1903. Her initial service was in the Mediterranean Se..
HMS Albion
There have been nine ships to bear the name of HMS Albion from a third-rate ship of the line to a commando carrier to the lead ship of today's Albion-class LPD's (Landing Platform Dock Ships). Albion is an archaic name for Great Britain, although often used to refer specifically to England. The fir..
HMS Albion (1763)
The first HMS Albion was a 74-gun third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy. She was built in 1763 at Deptford, being adapted from a design of the old 90-gun warship Neptune which had been built in 1719. Albion was the name ship of a class of 74-gun third-rates. She measured 168 feet (51.2 m) in..
HMS Albion (1802)
The third HMS Albion was a third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy. She was launched at Perry's Yard at Blackwall on the Thames in June 1802. She displaced 1,729 tons and had a large crew of 590 men. In May 1803 she joined Admiral Cornwallis' Fleet, which was blockading the vital French naval..
HMS Albion (1842)
The sixth HMS Albion was a 90-gun second-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy. She was the name ship of a class of three second-rates — the others being Aboukir and Exmouth. She was ordered in 1839, launched at Plymouth in September 1842, and was 204 feet (62.2 m) long, with a displacement ..
HMS Albion (1898)
HMS Albion was a British Canopus-class pre-Dreadnought battleship of approximately 14,000 tonnes, with a main armament of 4 x 12 inch (305 mm) guns and was built by the Thames Ironworks and Shipbuilding Co. Ltd, launched in 1898 and commissioned in 1901, serving on the China Station until 1905. She ..
HMS Albion (L14)
Career Ordered: 18 July 1996 Laid down: 23 May 1998 Launched: 9 March 2001 Commissioned: 19 June 2003 Decommissioned: Fate: Active in service as of 2006. Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: 18,500 tonnes, 21,500 tonnes whilst 'docked down' Length: 176 m Beam: 28.9 m Drau..
HMS Albion (R07)
Career Ordered: Laid down: 22 March 1944 Launched: 16 May 1947 Commissioned: 26 May 1954 Decommissioned: 1973 Fate: Scrapped Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: Length: 737.75 feet/224 metres Beam: 123 feet/38.5 metres Draught: 27.8 feet/8.4 metres Propulsion: Speed:..
HMS Alexandra (1875)
Career Laid down: March 5 1873 Launched: April 7 1875 Completed: January 31 1877 Broken up: 1908 Specification Displacement: 9,492 tons Length: 325 ft Beam: 63 ft 10 inches Draught: 26 ft 3 inches Engine: 2-shaft Humphreys vertical inverted compound I.H.P. = 8,498 Speed: 15.09 knots R..
HMS Alliance (P417)
HMS Alliance on display at Royal Navy Submarine Museum Career Ordered: Very late in World War Two Laid down: By Vickers-Armstrong in Barrow-in-Furness, March 1945 Launched: July 1945 Commissioned: May 1947 Decommissioned: 1973 Fate: Now on display at Royal Navy Submarine Museum Struck: ..
HMS Allington Castle (K689)
HMS Allington Castle (K689) was a Castle-class corvette of Britain's Royal Navy. She was named after Allington Castle in Kent. She was launched by Fleming and Ferguson Shipyard at Paisley, Scotland on 29 February 1944 as Alington Castle. Her name was changed in June 1944 whilst she was completing t..
HMS Alnwick Castle (K405)
HMS Alnwick Castle (K405) was a Castle-class corvette of the United Kingdom's Royal Navy. She was named after Alnwick Castle in Northumberland. She was laid down on 12 June 1943 and launched by George Brown and Company at Greenock in Scotland on 23 May 1944. She was commissioned on 11 November 1944..
HMS Amazon
Numerous ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Amazon, after the mythical female warriors. Amazon was a 38-gun frigate launched in 1799 at Woolwich and broken up in 1817.Amazon, launched 1908, was a Tribal-class destroyer stationed at Dover, England during the First World War. She was broken..
HMS Amazon (D39)
Career Builder: J I Thornycroft Laid down: 29 January 1925 Launched: 27 January 1926 Commissioned: 5 May 1927 Fate: Sold for scrapping 25 October1948 General Characteristics Displacement: 1,350 tons Length: 311 ft 9 in p/p Beam: 31 ft 6 in Draught: 9 ft 6 in Propulsion: Three 3-drum..
HMS Amazon (F169)
Career Ordered: Laid down: 6 November 1969 Launched: 26 April 1971 Commissioned: 11 May 1974 Decommissioned: 30 September 1993 Fate: Sold to Pakistan on 30 September 1993. Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: 3,250 tons full load Length: 384 ft (117 m) Beam: 41&n..
HMS Amberley Castle (K386)
HMS Amberley Castle (K386) was a Castle-class corvette of the United Kingdom's Royal Navy. She was named after Amberley Castle near Arundel in West Sussex. Laid down at S.P. Austin & Son Ltd. shipyard in Sunderland on 31 May 1943 she was launched on 27 November 1943 and commissioned on 24 November ..
HMS Ambuscade
Seven British Royal Navy ships have been called HMS Ambuscade: Ambuscade was a fifth-rate launched in 1773, captured by the French in 1778 and recaptured by the British in 1803., She was broken up in 1810.Ambuscade was a French fifth-rate called Embuscade which was captured by the Royal Navy in 17..
HMS Ambuscade (1913)
HMS Ambuscade was an Acasta-class destroyer of the Royal Navy. She was laid down under the 1911–1912 construction programme by the John Brown company (originally as Keith), and launched on 25 January 1913. Like her sister ships, she served with the 4th Flotilla of the Grand Fleet during World..
HMS Ambuscade (D38)
HMS Ambuscade (D38) was a British Royal Navy destroyer which served in the Second World War. She and her Thornycroft competitor, Amazon, were prototypes designed to exploit advances in construction and machinery since World War I and formed the basis of Royal Navy destroyer evolution up to the Trib..
HMS Ambuscade (F172)
Career Ordered: Laid down: 1 September 1971 Launched: 18 January 1973 Commissioned: 5 September 1975 Decommissioned: 28 July 1993 Fate: Sold to Pakistan on 28 July 1993. Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: 3,250 tons full load Length: 384 ft (117 m) Beam: 41&nbs..
HMS Ambush
Two submarines of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Ambush: Ambush (P418), launched in 1945, was an Amphion-class submarine.Ambush (S120), laid down in 2003, will be an Astute-class submarine. ..
HMS Ambush (S120)
HMS Ambush (S120) is a proposed Astute-class nuclear attack submarine of the Royal Navy. Ambush was ordered from GEC's Marconi Marine (now BAE Systems Submarines) on March 17 1997. She was laid down at Barrow-in-Furness on 23 October 2003 and is expected to enter service in 2010. See HMS Ambush for..
HMS Ameer (D01)
Career Laid down:18 July 1942 Launched:18 October 1942 Commissioned (RN):20 July 1943 Decommissioned:20 March 1946 Fate:merchant ship, scrapped 1969 General Characteristics Displacement:8,333 tons Length:495.66 ft (151 m) Beam:69.5 ft (21.2 m) Draft:26 ft (7.9 ..
HMS Amethyst
Several ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Amethyst: Amethyst, launched in 1844, was a Spartan-class sixth-rate sail warship.Amethyst, launched in 1873, was the lead ship of her class of wooden screw corvettes.Amethyst, launched in 1903, was a Topaze-class third-class cruiser. In World Wa..
HMS Amethyst (U16)
See HMS Amethyst for other ships of this name. HMS Amethyst HMS Amethyst (U16) was a Modified Black Swan-class sloop of the Royal Navy. She was laid down by A. Stephen & Sons Ltd of Glasgow, Scotland on 25 March 1942, launched on 7 May 1943 and commissioned on 2 November 1943. In World War I..
HMS Amphion
Seven vessels of the British Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Amphion, after the Greek hero Amphion. The first Amphion, launched in 1780, was a 32-gun fifth-rate.The second Amphion, launched in 1798, was a 32-gun fifth-rate.The third Amphion, launched in 1846, was a wooden-hulled screw frigate.Th..
HMS Amphion (1780)
The HMS Amphion was a Royal Navy 32-gun fifth-rate ship (the first of that name) that blew up on September 22, 1796. ''For other ships of that name, see HMS Amphion. Putting in for repairs in Plymouth, England, the Amphion was loaded with a number of men, women, and children far beyond her normal ..
HMS Anchusa
Her Majesty's Ship Anchusa was one of Great Britain's ubiquitous Flower class corvettes of the Second World War. She was launched in 1940 under the crash wartime contstruction program instituted by the Royal Navy shortly before the capitulation of France. Built by Harland and Wolff, she incorporated..
HMS Andromache
THe HMS Andromanche ("Andy Mac") is a 2nd class cruiser, built at Chatham Dock Yard and launched 14 August 1890. ..
HMS Andromeda
HMS Andromeda, has the been the name of at least two ships of the Royal Navy, named after the Greek heroine Andromeda. HMS Andromeda (1897) - a Diadem-class cruiserHMS Andromeda (F57) - a Leander-class frigate ..
HMS Andromeda (F57)
Career Ordered: Laid down: 25th May 1966 Launched: 24th May 1967 Commissioned: 2nd December 1968 Decommissioned: June 1993 Fate: Sold to Indian Navy 1995. Renamed Krishna Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: Length: Beam: Draught: Propulsion: Speed: Range: Comp..
HMS Anne
HMS Anne, the name of at least two ships of the Royal Navy. Anne - 3rd Rate ship (70 guns) commanded by John Tyrrell when she was beached and burnt after the Battle of Beachy Head in 30 June 1690. The remains were designated under the Protection of Wrecks Act on 20 June 1974.Anne - ship commanded ..
HMS Anson
Seven ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Anson, after Admiral George Anson: The first Anson was a 60-gun fourth-rate launched in 1747 and sold in 1773.The second Anson was a 6-gun cutter purchased in 1763 and sold in 1774.The third Anson, launched in 1781, was a small two-decker 64-gun thi..
HMS Anson (79)
Career Ordered: Laid down: 20 July 1937 Launched: 24 February 1940 Commissioned: 22 June 1942 Decommissioned: Fate: Scrapped 1957 at Shipbreaking Industries, Ltd., Faslane Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: 36,727 tons standard, 42,076 tons full Length: 227.1 m Beam: 3..
HMS Antelope
Twelve ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Antelope. Little information about early Antelopes is available. The first Antelope was built in 1546, rebuilt two times and took part in the fight against the Spanish Armada (1588). She was burned by parliamentarian sailors at Hellevoetsluis in 164..
HMS Antelope (1546)
The first HMS Antelope was a ship of the English Royal Navy that was rebuilt two times and served from the time of King Henry VIII to the English Civil War. She is mostly remembered for being a part of the fleet that defeated the Spanish Armada. History of the ship HMS Antelope is described in a Ro..
HMS Antelope (1741)
HMS Antelope was a 54-gun fourth-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy that served in the Seven Years' War and the American Revolutionary War. She was rebuilt from the Antelope of 1703, and launched in 1741 at Woolwich. On June 16, 1756, she sailed from England for Gibraltar with Vice Admiral Si..
HMS Antelope (1782)
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HMS Antelope (1892)
HMS Antelope, an Alarm-class torpedo gunboat, was launched in 1892 or 1893. She was no longer in service by 1906. General characteristics Length: 230 ft (70 m)Beam: 27 ft (8.2 m)Draft: 12.5 ft (3.8 m) maximumDisplacement: 810 tonsArmament:* 3 x 18 in (457 mm) torpedo tubes forward* 2 x 4.7 in (119..
HMS Antelope (F170)
Antelope's magazines exploding on 24 May 1982 Career Ordered: Laid down: 23 March 1971 Launched: 16 March 1972 Commissioned: 19 July 1975 Fate: Sunk by Argentine bomb on 24 May 1982. Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: 3,250 tons full load Length: 384 ft (117 m) B..
HMS Antelope (H36)
HMS Antelope (H36) was an A-class destroyer built by Hawthorn Leslie. Her keel was laid down July 11, 1928. She was launched July 27, 1929, completed March 20, 1930, and assigned to the 18th Destroyer Flotilla, Channel Force, Home Fleet. In February 1940, Antelope sank U-41 in the South West App..
HMS Antrim
Two ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Antrim, after County Antrim in Northern Ireland: The first Antrim was a Devonshire-class armoured cruiser launched in 1903. She served in World War I and was broken up in 1923.The second Antrim (D18) was a County-class destroyer launched in 1967. She ..
HMS Antrim (D18)
Career Ordered: Laid down: 20 January 1966 Launched: 19 October 1967 Commissioned: 14 July 1970 Decommissioned: 1984 Fate: Sold to Chile on 22 June 1984 Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: Length: Beam: 53 ft Draught: Propulsion: COSAG (Combination of Steam and ..
HMS Aphis
HMS Aphis was a Royal Navy Insect class gunboat. She was built by Ailsa Shipbuilding Company and launched on 15 September, 1915. Aphis was at China until 1940, then went to the Mediterranean, and finally to the Pacific in 1945. She was scrapped at Singapore in 1947. Sources Warships of World War II..
HMS Apollo
Nine ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Apollo after the Greek god Apollo. The first Apollo was a 20-gun storeship, originally French, captured in 1747 and wrecked in 1749 off Madras.The second Apollo was a 32-gun fifth-rate, originally Glory, launched in 1763, renamed in 1774, and broken ..
HMS Apollo (F70)
Career Ordered: Laid down: 1st May 1969 Launched: 15th October 1970 Commissioned: 28th May 1972 Decommissioned: 31st August 1988 from Royal Navy Fate: Sold to Pakistan 1988 Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: Length: Beam: Draught: Propulsion: Speed: Range: Co..
HMS Arab
Seven ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Arab: The first Arab was a 16-gun sloop-of-war, originally the French Jean Bart, captured in 1795 in the English Channel by Cerberus and Santa Margarita, and wrecked in 1796.The second Arab was an 8-gun schooner, originally the French Arabe, capture..
HMS Arab (1901)
HMS Arab (1896 to 1897 Programme) Laid down by J & G Thomson at Clydebank and completed by John Brown & Co. who took over the yard, ran 9 trials between 11th March 1901 and 27th May but only succeeded in reaching 30.5 knots (56 km/h). Three thousand pounds were abated for failure to reach contract s..
HMS Arbiter (D31)
Career Laid down:26 April 1943 Launched:9 September 1943 Commissioned (RN):31 December 1943 Decommissioned:12 April 1946 Fate:merchant ship General Characteristics Displacement:9,800 tons Length:492' (150 m) Beam:69' 6" (21.2 m) Draft:26' 8" (8.1 m) Speed:17 knots Comple..
HMS Arbutus (K86)
HMS Arbutus was a destroyer during the second world war. She is thought to have sunk the famous U-47 submarine in world war 2. ..
HMS Archer
Seven ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Archer. Archer of 1801Archer of 1849Archer an Archer 3rd class cruiserArcher of 1911Archer (D78) an aircraft carrier of the Second World WarArcher (P264) - a fast patrol boat. There was also an HMAS Archer, an Attack class patrol boat. ..
HMS Archer (D78)
Career Laid down: 7 June 1939 Launched: 14 December 1939 Commissioned: 17 November 1941 Decommissioned: Stricken: 26 February 1946 Fate: Scrapped in New Orleans in 1962 General characteristics Displacement: 15,700 tons Length: 465 ft (141.7 m) Beam: 69.5 ft (21.2 m) Draft: 26.3 ft ..
HMS Archer (P264)
HMS Archer (P264) is the lead ship of the Archer class of P2000 fast patrol boats. It is currently attached to the University of Aberdeen Royal Naval Unit (URNU) and allows students of the Unit to receive practical experience in Navigation, Radar, Pilotage and the other skills of seamanship. She ..
HMS Ardent
Numerous ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Ardent, three of which were sunk in action: Ardent, launched on 13 August 1764 at Hull, England was a third rate 64-gun ship. She was captured by the French Navy in 1779 but recaptured by the Royal Navy in 1782 and renamed Tiger. She was sold in ..
HMS Ardent (F184)
Career Ordered: Laid down: 26 February 1974 Launched: 9 May 1975 Commissioned: 13 October 1977 Fate: Sunk by Argentine aircraft on 22 May 1982. Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: 3,250 tons full load Length: 384 ft (117 m) Beam: 41 ft 9 in (12.7 m..
HMS Ardent (H41)
The Royal Navy destroyer HMS Ardent was launched on 26 June, 1929. She served in the North Atlantic, and was sunk on 8 June 1940, in a battle involving her sister ship HMS Acasta, the aircraft carrier HMS Glorious (both of which were also sunk) and the German battlecruisers Gneisernau and Scharnhors..
HMS Arethusa
Numerous Royal Navy ships have borne the name HMS Arethusa, after the Greek mythological nymph Arethusa who was transformed by Artemis into a fountain. The first Arethusa, 32 was a frigate captured from the French Navy in 1759.The second Arethusa, 38 was another frigate built in 1781.The third Aret..
HMS Arethusa (1781)
HMS Arethusa was a British one deck frigate, armed with 30 cannons and a crew of 240 in 1797. She was part of a fleet that under the command of Rear Admiral Sir Henry Harvey; which sailed on the HMS Prince of Wales, went on to ransake the tiny island of Trinidad in the Caribbean sea. On sunday, ..
HMS Arethusa (1913)
HMS Arethusa was the name ship of her class of light cruisers. She was laid down at Chatham Dockyard in October 1912, launched in October 1913, and commissioned in August 1914 as flotilla leader for the Harwich Destroyer flotillas. On 28 August 1914 she fought at the Battle of Heligoland Bight, whe..
HMS Arethusa (26)
HMS Arethusa entering Grand Harbour Malta, March 1942. Career Built By: Chatham Dockyard (UK) Laid down: 25th January 1933 Launched: 6th March 1934 Commissioned: 23rd May 1935 Paid off: 1945 Fate: Scrapped, She was handed over to BISCO for disposal, arriving at Cashmore's ya..
HMS Arethusa (F38)
Career Ordered: Laid down: 7th September 1962 Launched: 5th November 1963 Commissioned: 24th November 1965 Decommissioned: 4th April 1989 Fate: Sunk as target 1991 Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: Length: Beam: Draught: Propulsion: Speed: Range: Complement:..
HMS Argonaut
Four ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Argonaut after the Argonauts of Greek mythology: The first Argonaut was a 64-gun third-rate, originally the French ship Jason, captured in 1782 in the West Indies and broken up in 1831.The second Argonaut was a Diadem-class armoured cruiser launched ..
HMS Argonaut (61)
HMS Argonaut in her War (Dazzle) Colours, November 1943 just after repairs at Philadelphia Navy yard. Career Built By: Cammell Laird Shipyard (Birkenhead, UK) Laid down: 21 November 1939 Launched: 6 September 1941 Commissioned: 8 August 1942 End of Service 6 July 1946 Reser..
HMS Argonaut (F56)
Career Ordered: Laid down: 27th November 1964 Launched: 8th February 1966 Commissioned: 17th August 1967 Decommissioned: 31st March 1993 Fate: Scrapped Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: Length: Beam: Draught: Propulsion: Speed: Range: Complement: Armament:..
HMS Argus
Seven vessels of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Argus, after Argus, the hundred-eyed giant of mythology. The first Argus was a 10-gun sloop, originally a French privateer, captured in 1799 and broken up 1811.A 36-gun fifth-rate to be named Argus was ordered from Sheerness Dockyward in 1..
HMS Argus (I49)
Argus in harbour in 1918, painted in dazzle camouflage, with a Renown class battlecruiser. Career Ordered: Laid down: 1914 Launched: 2 December 1917 Commissioned: September, 1918 Decommissioned: Paid off December, 1944 Fate: Sold 5 December 1946 and scrapped 1947 Struck: General..
HMS Argyll
Three ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Argyll after the region of Argyll in Scotland. Her motto is ne obliviscaris (lest we forget). The ship is named The first Argyll was originally named Bonaventure and was launched at Chatham in 1711. She was a 50-gun fourth-rate frigate. She was sun..
HMS Argyll (1711)
The HMS Argyll was originally named Bonaventure and was launched at Chatham in 1711. She was a Fourth-rate frigate, with an armament of 50-guns. In 1715, prior to the Jacobite Rising, her name was changed to Argyll. The ship was later rebuilt in 1722-23 and would see much service in home and Atlant..
HMS Argyll (1904)
HMS Argyll was a 10,850 ton Devonshire-class armoured cruiser of the Royal Navy launched in 1904. She was the second HMS Argyll after an interval of over 160 years. History She was laid down in 1902, and launched in 1904. After commissioning in 1905, she was allocated to the 1st Cruiser squadron,..
HMS Argyll (F231)
Career Ordered: September 1986 Laid down: 20 March 1987 Launched: 8 April 1989 Commissioned: 31 May 1991 Decommissioned: Fate: Active in service as of 2006. Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: 4,900 tonnes Length: 133 m (463 ft) Beam: 16.1 m (52.9 ft) Draught: 7.3 m Pro..
HMS Ariadne (F72)
Career Ordered: Laid down: 1st November 1969 Launched: 10th September 1971 Commissioned: 10th February 1973 Decommissioned: May 1992 from Royal Navy Fate: Sold to Chile 1992 Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: Length: Beam: Draught: Propulsion: Speed: Range: C..
HMS Ark Royal
HMS Ark Royal (R07) in Greenwich dock, London HMS Ark Royal is a name that has been borne by five ships in the British Royal Navy. The first Ark Royal was built as Ark Raleigh at Deptford on the River Thames in 1587, to the order of Sir Walter Raleigh. She was bought by Queen Elizabeth's navy..
HMS Ark Royal (1914)
The Royal Navy had been using a converted cruiser, HMS Hermes, as a seaplane carrier, to conduct trials in 1913. On the outbreak of the First World War a number of cross channel ferries were converted as well. However, another ship was needed, and in 1914 a tramp steamer was requisitioned whilst u..
HMS Ark Royal (91)
Career Laid down:16 September 1935 Launched:13 April 1937 Commissioned:16 December 1938 Fate:Sunk 14 November 1941 after being torpedoed by U-81 on 13 November 1941. Class:Ark Royal Class General Characteristics Displacement:22,000 tons Length:800 ft (244 m) overall721.5 ft (220 m) waterline Bea..
HMS Ark Royal (R07)
Ark Royal in Greenwich dock, London Career Ordered: December 1978 Laid down: 14 December 1978 Launched: 2 June 1981 Commissioned: 1 November 1985 Decommissioned: Fate: Extended refit as of 2005 Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: 20,600 tons Length: 210 m (689 ft) Beam: 36..
HMS Ark Royal (R09)
Career Ordered: Mid 1942 Laid down: 3 May 1943 Launched: 3 May 1950 Commissioned: 25 February 1955 Decommissioned: December 1978 Fate: Scrapped in 1980 Struck: February 1979 General Characteristics Displacement: 36,800 tons (as built)43,060 tons (1978) Length: 245 m (804 ft) overall ..
HMS Armada (D14)
Career Ordered: Laid down: 29 December 1942 Launched: 9 December 1943 Commissioned: 2 July 1945 Decommissioned: 1960 Fate: Sold for scrap Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: Length: Beam: Draught: Propulsion: Speed: Range: Complement: Armament: Aircraft: ..
HMS Arrow
Several ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Arrow, including: Arrow, launched c. 1870, was an Ant-class gunboat sold in 1922.Arrow (H42), launched 1929, was an A-class destroyer that served in World War II and was damaged beyond repair in Algiers harbour in 1944 when an ammunition ship expl..
HMS Arrow (F173)
Career Ordered: Laid down: 28 September 1972 Launched: 5 February 1974 Commissioned: 28 July 1976 Decommissioned: 1 March 1994 Fate: Sold to Pakistan on 1 March 1994. Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: 3,250 tons full load Length: 384 ft (117 m) Beam: 41 f..
HMS Artful
Two submarines of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Artful: Artful (P456), launched in 1947, was an Amphion-class submarine. She was broken up in 1972.Artful (S121) will be an Astute-class submarine. ..
HMS Artful (S121)
HMS Artful (S121) is a proposed Astute-class nuclear attack submarine of the Royal Navy. Artful was ordered from GEC's Marconi Marine (now BAE Systems Submarines) on March 17 1997 and is expected to enter service in 2012. See HMS Artful for other ships of the same name. Astute-class submarine ..
HMS Ashanti
Two ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Ashanti after the Ashanti people. Ashanti (F51), launched 1937, was a Tribal-class destroyer that served in World War II.Ashanti (F117), launched 1959, was a Tribal-class frigate. ..
HMS Ashanti (F117)
Career Ordered: Laid down: 15 January 1958 Launched: 9 March 1959 Commissioned: 23 November 1961 Decommissioned: ? Fate: Sunk as target Struck: Motto: This is a page about an individual ship, for general information please see: Tribal class frigate HMS Ashanti (F117) was a Tribal-cl..
HMS Ashanti (F51)
Career Ordered: June 1936 Laid down: 23rd November 1936 William Denny, Dumbarton Launched: 5th November 1937 by Lady Shuckburgh Commissioned: 21st December 1938 Decommissioned: Fate: Broken up, 1949 Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: 2,020 T Length: 377 ft Beam: 36..
HMS Association
HMS Association was the flagship of Admiral Sir Cloudesley Shovell which sank off the Isles of Scilly in 1707 in one of the worst maritime disasters in British history. Association was a 96 gun Second-rate ship of the line, built at Portsmouth dockyard in 1699. She served as the flagship of Cloudes..
HMS Astrea
The HMS Astrea was a Royal Naval vessel wrecked on May 23, 1808 off the coast of Anegada in the British Virgin Islands. The Astrea was a 32-gun, 689-ton British Frigate, and it saw action in the American War of Independence and later made its claim to fame by capturing the larger French frigate "GL..
HMS Astute
Two submarines of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Astute for the characteristic of shrewdness and discernment. Astute (P447), launched in 1945, was an Amphion-class submarine. She served in World War II but never saw action against an enemy. She was scrapped in 1970.Astute (S119), laid down in 2..
HMS Astute (P447)
HMS Astute (P447) was an Amphion-class submarine. Her keel was laid down by Vickers at Barrow-in-Furness. She was launched in 1944 and commissioned in 1945. Astute was scrapped on October 1, 1970 at Dunston on Tyne. Amphion-class submarine Acheron | Aeneas | Affray | Alaric | Alcide | Alderne..
HMS Astute (S119)
HMS Astute (S119) is the lead ship of her class of nuclear-powered attack submarines. Astute was ordered from GEC's Marconi Marine (now BAE Systems Submarines) on March 17 1997. She was laid down on January 31, 2001, 100 years to the day since the keel was laid down for USS Holland, the first modern..
HMS Atalanta
Six ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Atalanta after the athlete in ancient Greek mythology. The first Atalanta was a 14-gun sloop launched in 1775, renamed HMS Helena in 1801 and sold in 1802.The next Atalanta, was a 12-gun schooner, originally called Siro, captured from the United State..
HMS Atheling (D51)
Career Laid down:9 June 1942 Launched:7 September 1942 Commissioned (RN):1 August 1943 Decommissioned:7 February 1947 Fate:merchant ship, sold for scrap, 1967 General Characteristics Displacement:7,800 tons Length:495.66 ft (151 m) Beam:69.5 ft (21.2 m) Extreme width:111..
HMS Athene
HMS Athene, a ship of the Royal Navy, is named after the Greek hero Athene. ..
HMS Atherstone
Three ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Atherstone after the town of Atherstone in Warwickshire, or after its hunt: The first Atherstone, launched in 1916, was an Ascot-class minesweeper that served in World War I.The second Atherstone (L05), launched in 1939, was a Hunt-class destroyer t..
HMS Atlantis (P432)
HMS Atlantis (P432) was an Amphion-class submarine ordered by the Royal Navy from Vickers Armstrong, Barrow-in-Furness in 1945. She was cancelled at the end of World War II. Amphion-class submarine Acheron | Aeneas | Affray | Alaric | Alcide | Alderney | Alliance | Ambush | Amphion | Anchori..
HMS Attacker (D02)
Career Laid down: 17 April 1941 Launched: 27 September 1942 Commissioned (USN): 30 September 1942 Decommissioned (USN): 1946? Commissioned (RN): 30 September 1942 Decommissioned (RN): 5 January 1946 Struck: 26 February 1946 Fate: Scrapped in Hong Kong in 1980 General Characteristics ..
HMS Audacious
Three ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Audacious. The first Audacious was a 74-gun 3rd rate in service from 1785 to 1815.The second Audacious was a battleship launched in 1869, converted to a depot ship in 1902, later named Fisgard then Imperieuse, and sold for breakup in 1927.The..
HMS Audacious (1869)
The ironclad battleship HMS Audacious was the nameship of an experimental class of armoured battleships designed to expand on the success of HMS Warrior built ten years before. The ships were intended to act as the frontline of the modern battlefleet, but being such a recent innovation, they were fr..
HMS Audacious (1912)
Rescuing sailors from the sinking Audacious Career Ordered: 1910 Laid down: March 1911 Launched: 14 September 1912 Commissioned: August 1913 Fate: Mined 27 October 1914 Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: 23,400 tons Length: 598 feet (182.3 m) Beam: 89 feet (27.1 m) Draught..
HMS Audacity (D10)
Originally a German merchant ship named MV Hannover captured by the Royal Navy in the West Indies in March 1940, HMS Audacity was the very first escort carrier. She was a new boat only launched in 1939 by Bremen Vulcan. While trying to run the blockade in the West Indies she was captured by the ..
HMS Aurora
Ten vessels of the British Royal Navy have been called HMS Aurora, named after the Roman Goddess of the dawn. The first Aurora was the French Abenakise captured in 1757 and taken into the RN as a 32-gun 5th rate, and broken up in 1763.The second Aurora was a 32-gun 5th rate launched in 1766 and los..
HMS Aurora (12)
HMS Aurora just completed, November 1937 Career Built By: Portsmouth Dockyard (Portsmouth, UK) Laid down: 27 July 1935 Launched: 20 August 1936 Commissioned: 12 November 1937 Decommissioned: April 1946 Fate: Transferred, Sold on 19 May 1948 to the Chinese Navy and renamed C..
HMS Aurora (F10)
Career Ordered: Laid down: 1st June 1961 Launched: 28th November 1962 Commissioned: 9th April 1964 Decommissioned: 28th April 1987 Fate: Scrapped 1990 Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: Length: Beam: Draught: Propulsion: Speed: Range: Complement: Armament: ..
HMS Australia (1888)
HMS Australia, an Orlando-class cruiser of the Royal Navy completed in 1888 and named after the nation Australia. She was scrapped at Troon in 1905. The only other warships to be named Australia have belonged to the Royal Australian Navy; see HMAS Australia. Orlando-class cruiser Orlando | ..
HMS Avenger
Several ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Avenger: Avenger (D14), launched 1940, was the lead ship of her class of merchant ships converted to escort carriers. She fought in World War II and was sunk by U-155 in 1942.Avenger (F185), launched 1975, was a Type 21 frigate that fought in the ..
HMS Avenger (D14)
HMS Avenger (D 14) was an escort aircraft carrier of the Royal Navy during World War II. Avenger was one of four motorships laid down under Maritime Commission contract (Hull "Sun-59"), by the Sun Shipbuilding and Drydock Company at Chester, Pennsylvania, and launched on 27 November 1940. In 1942..
HMS Avenger (F185)
Avenger with RFA Fort Austin Career Ordered: Laid down: 30 October 1974 Launched: 20 November 1975 Commissioned: 15 April 1978 Decommissioned: 23 September 1994 Fate: Sold to Pakistan on 23 September 1994. Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: 3,250 tons full load Length: 384..
HMS Aztec (P455)
HMS Aztec (P455) was an Amphion-class submarine ordered by the Royal Navy from Vickers Armstrong, Tyne in 1945. She was cancelled at the end of World War II. Amphion-class submarine Acheron | Aeneas | Affray | Alaric | Alcide | Alderney | Alliance | Ambush | Amphion | Anchorite | Andrew | Ar..
HMS B1
HMS B1 was the lead boat of the Royal Navy's B class of submarines. She was originally to have been called A14 but was renamed B1 on completion, the B class merely being larger and faster versions of the A class, with greatly improved underwater range and fitted with Vickers rather than Wolsey pet..
HMS B11
HMS B11 was the last boat of the Royal Navy's B class of submarines. On 13 December 1914, B11, commanded by Lieutenant Norman Douglas Holbrook, entered the Dardanelles and torpedoed the Turkish battleship Mesudiye. The town of Holbrook in New South Wales, Australia is named after this commander. ..
HMS Bacchante
A number of ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Bacchante, the name for a priestess of the Greek god Bacchus. HMS Bacchante - Bacchante class corvette launched 19th October 1876, sold 1897 [link]HMS Bacchante - Cressy-class armoured cruiser launched in 1901 and sold for scrap in 1..
HMS Bacchante (1901)
Career Ordered: Laid down: Launched: 21 February 1901 Commissioned: Decommissioned: Fate: Sold for scrap 1 July 1920 Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: 12,000 tons Length: Beam: Draught: Propulsion: Speed: 21 knots Range: Complement: Armament: 2 x 9.2-in g..
HMS Bacchante (F69)
Career Ordered: Laid down: 27 October 1966 Launched: 29 February 1968 Commissioned: 17 October 1969 Decommissioned: 1982 Fate: Sold to Royal New Zealand Navy 1982. Sunk in Cook Strait, NZ, 13 November 2005 Struck: 2000 General Characteristics Displacement: Length: Beam: Draught:..
HMS Badger
HMS Badger was a Acheron-class battleship of the Royal Navy during World War I. It was first apart of the 1st Flotilla from 1911–12, before it joined the British Grand Fleet in 1914 until 1916. Transferred to the 3rd Battle Squadron, the ship was rammed a German U-boat off the Dutch coast, thu..
HMS Bamborough Castle (K412)
HMS Bamborough Castle (K412) was a Royal Navy Castle-class corvette. Bamborough Castle is in Northumberland, England, although it is now usually spelt "Bamburgh". She was launched at J. Lewis & Sons shipyard in Aberdeen, Scotland on 11 January 1944 and commissioned on 30 May 1944. She sank the U-..
HMS Bangor (1940)
HMS Bangor was a Royal Navy minesweeper that served during the Second World War. She was built at the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Govan, Scotland. Bangor was the lead vessel in the class of Bangor class minesweepers and she was one of the diesel-engined versions in the Bangor class. She was launch..
HMS Bangor (M109)
HMS Bangor is a Sandown class minehunter commissioned by the Royal Navy in 1999. She is named after the Northern Ireland seaside town of the same name. [MoD page for HMS Bangor] ..
HMS Barfleur
Five ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Barfleur after the Battle of Barfleur: The first Barfleur was a 90-gun second-rate ship of the line built at Deptford in 1697, and broken up in 1783.The second Barfleur was built at Chatham in 1768 as a 90-gun second-rate ship of the line, but later ..
HMS Barfleur (1768)
The second HMS Barfleur was built at Chatham Dockyard in 1768 as a 90-gun second-rate ship of the line. In about 1780, she had another eight guns added to her quarterdeck, making her a 98-gun ship. She distinguished herself as the flagship of Samuel Hood on the Leeward Islands station during th..
HMS Barfleur (D80)
Career Ordered: Laid down: 28 October 1942 Launched: 1 November 1943 Commissioned: 14 September 1944 Decommissioned: ? Fate: Sold for scrap Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: 2,325 tons standard / 3,430 tons full load Length: 379 ft (116 m) Beam: 40 ft (12.2 m) Draught:..
HMS Barham
Several ships of the British Royal Navy have been given the name HMS Barham in honour of Charles Middleton, 1st Baron Barham. These include: HMS Barham, launched in 1889, was a third-class cruiser that served in the Mediterranean Fleet. Scrapped in 1914.HMS Barham, launched in 1914, was a Queen E..
HMS Barham (1914)
Career Ordered: Laid down: 24 February 1913 Launched: 31 October 1914 Commissioned: 19 October 1915 Fate: Sunk 25 November 1941 General Characteristics (original configuration) Displacement: 29,150t standard; 33,000t full load Length: 643ft 3in (196m) Beam: 104ft (31.7m) Draught: 33f..
HMS Barossa
Two ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Barossa or HMS Barrosa after the Battle of Barrosa in the Peninsular War, fought in 1811 between the British and the French: Barossa, launched 1860, was a wooden screw corvette, the lead ship of her class. She was scrapped in 1877.Barrosa (D68), launc..
HMS Barrosa (D68)
Career Ordered: 1943 Laid down: 28 December 1943 Launched: 17 January 1945 Commissioned: 14 February 1947 Decommissioned: 1968 Fate: Sold for scrap Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: Length: Beam: Draught: Propulsion: Speed: Range: Complement: Armament: Ai..
HMS Bassingham
HMS Bassingham was one of 76 ships of the Ham class of inshore minesweepers, of which Inglesham (M2601) was the first. Their names were all chosen from villages ending in -ham. She was built by Vospers Ltd. of Portsmouth, which later became Vosper-Thorneycroft and was commissioned in October 1953. S..
HMS Bat
Several ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Bat HMS Bat, a Star class destroyer launched in 1896 and sold for scrap in 1919HMS Bat, a tug commissioned in 1943.This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an referred..
HMS Battleaxe
There have been at least two ships called HMS Battleaxe: HMS Battleaxe (D18), a Weapon class destroyer. HMS Battleaxe (F89), a Type 22 frigate. ..
HMS Battleaxe (D118)
HMS Battleaxe (D118) was a Weapon-class destroyer of the Royal Navy, built just after the Second World War. See HMS Battleaxe for other ships of the same name. Weapon-class destroyer Battleaxe | Broadsword | Crossbow | Scorpion List of destroyers of the Royal Navy ..
HMS Battleaxe (F89)
For other ships of the same name, see HMS Battleaxe Career Ordered: Laid down: 4 February 1976 Launched: 18 May 1977 Commissioned: 28 March 1980 Decommissioned: 1997 Fate: Sold to Brazil 30 April 1997. Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: 5300 t Length: 148.1 m Beam: 14.8..
HMS Battler (D18)
Career Laid down: 15 April 1941 Launched: 4 April 1942 Commissioned (USN): 31 October 1942 Decommissioned (USN): 1946? Commissioned (RN): 31 October 1942 Decommissioned (RN): 12 February 1946 Stricken: 28 March 1946 Fate: Scrapped General Characteristics Displacement: 14,400 ton..
HMS Bat (1896)
HMS Bat was a Star class destroyer later called C class destroyers, of the Royal Navy launched on October 7 1896 and completed in August of 1897. The ship was built by Palmers and was one of six of this type contructed by the firm. It displaced 390 tons light ( 440 full) and its triple expansion e..
HMS Beagle
For other uses of "", see {{{1. HMS Beagle (centre) from an 1841 watercolour by Owen Stanley, painted during the third voyage while surveying Australia. Career Ordered: Laid down: Launched: 11 May 1820 Commissioned: Decommissioned: 1845 transferred to Coastguard Fate: Sold and broken u..
HMS Beagle (disambiguation)
Eight ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Beagle, after the beagle (a type of dog). All are obscure except for the second Beagle, 1820–1870, that transported Charles Darwin around the world. The first Beagle was a Cruizer-class brig-sloop in service from 1804 to 1814.The second Beagle..
HMS Beagle (H319)
Career Ordered: Laid down: Launched: 7 September 1967 at Brooke Marine, Lowestoft, England Commissioned: 9 May 1968 Decommissioned: 7 February 2002 Fate: Sold Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: 1,160 tons maximum Length: 57.7 metres Beam: 13 metres Draught: Propulsio..
HMS Beaver (F93)
Career Ordered: Laid down: 20 June 1980 Launched: 8 May 1982 Commissioned: 13 December 1984 Decommissioned: 1 May 1999 Fate: Sold for scrap 21 February 2001 Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: 5300 t Length: 148.1 m Beam: 14.8 m Draught: Propulsion: Speed: 33 km/h c..
HMS Bee
Three vessels of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Bee: The first Bee, launched in 1842, was a combination screw/paddle vessel.The second Bee, launched in 1915, was an Insect class gunboat, sold in 1939.A third Bee, another river patrol boat, was ordered in 1939, but cancelled. References J. J. Co..
HMS Bee (1915)
HMS Bee was an Insect class gunboat of the Royal Navy, launched on December 8, 1915. This class are also known as "Large China Gunboats". Initially built for service on the River Danube, after World War I the Insects were transported to China and served on the Yangtze River. In 1920, Bee became the..
HMS Begum (D38)
Career Laid down:15 May 1941 Launched:22 May 1942 Commissioned (RN):9 January 1943 Decommissioned:26 February 1946 Fate:merchant ship, scrapped 1974 General Characteristics Displacement:9,800 tons Length:496 ft (151 m) Beam:69.5 ft (21.2 m) Draft:26 ft (7.9 m) ..
HMS Belfast (C35)
HMS Belfast at her London berth, painted in dazzle camouflage HMS Belfast (C35) is a 6-inch gunned, 32-knot Edinburgh-class light cruiser of the Royal Navy. The Navy's heaviest ever cruiser, she served in World War II and is now berthed on the River Thames near Tower Bridge in London serving ..
HMS Belleisle
Three ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Belleisle after Belle Île off the coast of Brittany: The first Belleisle was a French 74-gun third-rate ship of the line named Formidable captured in 1795 near Belle Île. She fought at the Battle of Trafalgar and was broken up in 1814.The second B..
HMS Belleisle (1795)
HMS Belleisle was a Royal Navy third rate ship of the line. She was built at Rochefort for the French Navy. Initially named Lion, she was renamed Marat and then Formidable with the changing fortunes of the French Revolution. She was captured in June 1795 at the Battle of Groix near the French p..
HMS Belleisle (1876)
Career Laid down: 1874 Launched: February 12 1876 Completed: July 19 1878 Broken up: 1904 Specification Displacement: 4,870 tons Length: 245 ft Beam: 52 ft Draught: 21 ft Engine: Two-shaft Maudslay, I.H.P.= 4,040 Speed: 12.99 knots Rig: Square rig on foremast, gaff on mizzen Speed un..
HMS Bellerophon
Three ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Bellerophon after the mythological Greek hero Bellerophon. The first Bellerophon was a 74-gun third-rate launched in 1786, a prison ship from 1815 (where she became famous for transporting Napoleon), renamed Captivity in 1824, and sold in 18..
HMS Bellerophon (1786)
Napoleon Bonaparte on board the Bellerophon in Plymouth Sound by Sir Charles Lock Eastlake, painted 1815. The first HMS Bellerophon of the Royal Navy was a 74-gun ship of the line launched 6 October 1786 on the River Medway near Chatham. She was built at the shipyard of Edward Greaves to the..
HMS Bellerophon (1865)
Career Laid down: December 28 1863 Launched: April 26 1865 Completed: April 11 1866 Broken up: 1922 Specification Displacement: 7,551 tons Length: 300 ft Beam: 56 ft 1 inch Draught: 22 ft 9 inches light, 26 ft 6 inches deep load Engine: One-shaft Penn trunk, I.H.P.= 6,521 Speed under p..
HMS Bellerophon (1907)
--> Career Ordered:1907 Laid down: Launched:27 July 1907 Commissioned:1909 Decommissioned:1921 Fate:Scrapped 1923 Struck: General Characteristics Displacement:18,800 tons; 22,102 tons full load Length:526ft (160.3m) Beam:82.5ft (25.2m) Draught:27.3ft (8.3m) Propulsion:4 shafts; Parsons Turbines; ..
HMS Bellona
Seven ships of the British Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Bellona. The first Bellona was the French privateer Bellone, captured in 1747, made into a 30-gun sixth-rate, and sold in 1749. The second Bellona was a 74-gun third-rate in service between 1760 and 1814. The third Bellona was a 3-gun ve..
HMS Bellona (1760)
The second HMS Bellona of the Royal Navy was a 74-gun third-rate, a prototypical ship of the line used in the Napoleonic wars. She was built at Chatham, starting May 10, 1758, launched February 19, 1760, commissioned three days later, and left to join the squadron blockading Brest (this being the S..
HMS Bellona (63)
HMS Bellona just after completion in 1943 - note she has her war (Dazzle) colours on. Career Built By: Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. (Govan, Scotland) Laid down: 30 November 1939 Launched: 29 September 1942 Commissioned: 29 October 1943 Loaned to the Royal New Zealand Na..
HMS Belton (M1199)
HMS Belton (M1199) was a Ton-class minesweeper of the Royal Navy, launched on 3 October 1955. The Belton ran aground in the Hebrides in October 1971. She was eventually re-floated and taken to Greenock in Scotland but was found to be beyond economical repair. Although she never put to sea under her ..
HMS Ben-my-Chree
Image here Career Ordered: Laid down: 1907 at Vickers shipyard in Barrow-in-Furness Launched: 23 March 1908 Commissioned: 3 March 1915[link] Fate: Sunk on 11 January 1917 by shore-based Turkish artillery fire. Hull scrapped 1921 Struck: General Characteristics Displacement:..
HMS Benbow
Two ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Benbow, after Admiral John Benbow: Benbow was an Admiral-class battleship launched in 1885 and scrapped in 1909.Benbow was an Iron Duke-class battleship launched in 1913. She fought in the battle of Jutland and was scrapped in 1931. ..
HMS Benbow (1913)
Career Ordered: 1911 Laid down: November 1912 Launched: 12 November 1913 Commissioned: 1914 Decommissioned: 1929 Fate: Sold for scrap General Characteristics Displacement: 21,250 tons Length: 622 feet 9 inches Beam: 90 feet Draught: 32 feet 9 inches Propulsion: 4 shaft Parsons Turbi..
HMS Bergamot
Two ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Bergamot after the bergamot flower. The first Bergamot was an Anchusa-class sloop launched in May 1917 and sunk in August of that year by U-84.The second Bergamot (K189) was a Flower class corvette launched in 1941. She served in World War II and was ..
HMS Bergamot (K189)
HMS Bergamot (K189) was a Flower-class corvette of the Royal Navy. She was laid down at Harland and Wolff in Belfast on 15 October 1940 and launched on 15 February 1941. Her commissioning followed on May 12 of the same year and her pennant number was K189. Her main duty was as a convoy escort and i..
HMS Berkeley Castle
Two ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Berkeley Castle after Berkeley Castle in the town of Berkeley, Gloucestershire, on the River Severn between Gloucester and Bristol. Berkeley Castle was a 48-gun wooden warship captured by the French Navy on 25 October 1695.Berkeley Castle (K..
HMS Berkeley Castle (K387)
HMS Berkeley Castle (K387) was a Castle-class corvette of the United Kingdom's Royal Navy. She was named after Berkeley Castle near Worcester. She was laid down at the Barclay, Curle & Co. Ltd. shipyard in Glasgow on 23 March 1943 and launched five months later on 19 August and commissioned on 18 N..
HMS Bermuda
Seven vessels of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Bermuda, after the island of Bermuda. The first Bermuda was a 14-gun brig-sloop purchased in 1795, and foundered the following year.The second Bermuda was an 18-gun sloop launched in 1805 and wrecked 1808.The third Bermuda was a 10-gun bri..
HMS Berwick
Several ships of the British Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Berwick, after the town on the border between England and Scotland. They include: An early Berwick, launched in 1775, was a 74-gun 3rd rate ship of the line which served in the American War of Independence, fighting at the Battle of Us..
HMS Berwick (1775)
--> Career Built Portsmouth Dockyard 1775 Fate Taken by the French, 1795; wrecked 1805 General Characteristics Displacement: Length: Width: Beam: Draught: Class: 3rd rate Speed: Complement: 550 men Armament: 74 guns (28 × 32pdr, 28 × 18pdr, 18 × 9pdr) HMS Berwick was a..
HMS Berwick (65)
HMS Berwick late 1944. Career Built By: Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. (Govan, Scotland) Laid down: 15 September 1924 Launched: 30 March 1926 Commissioned: 12 July 1927 Paid off: 1946 Fate: Scrapped, she was allocated to British Iron and Steel Corporation for scrapping on 15..
HMS Birkenhead
Two ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Birkenhead, after Birkenhead. The first Birkenhead was an iron-hulled troopship launched in 1845 and notably wrecked in 1852.The second Birkenhead was a Town-class light cruiser launched in 1915, in action at Jutland, and sold 1921. ..
HMS Birkenhead (1845)
HMS Birkenhead, also referred to as HM Troopship Birkenhead, was one of the first iron-hulled ships built for the Royal Navy. She was built in 1845 at John Laird's shipyard at Birkenhead as a frigate and named Vulcan, but the Admiralty renamed her Birkenhead and had her converted into a troopship ..
HMS Birmingham
Three ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Birmingham, after the city of Birmingham in England. The first Birmingham was a Town-class light cruiser launched in 1913 and sold in 1931. The second Birmingham was a cruiser launched in 1936 and broken up in 1960. The third Birmingham (D86..
HMS Birmingham (1913)
HMS Birmingham was a member of the final group of three ships of the "Town" class of light cruisers. Her sister ships were Lowestoft and Nottingham. These three ships were virtually identical to the third group of "Town" ships, but with an additional 6-inch gun worked in on the forecastle. Builder:..
HMS Birmingham (D86)
Career Ordered: Laid down: 28 March 1972 Launched: 30 July 1973 Commissioned: 3 December 1976 Decommissioned: 31 December 1999 Fate: Sold for scrap on 20 October 2000. Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: 4,820 tonnes Length: 125 m (410 ft) Beam: 14.3 m..
HMS Biter (D97)
HMS Biter (D97) was an escort carrier of the Royal Navy. She was laid down in 1939, under Maritime Commission contract (Hull Sun-60), by the Sun Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Chester, Pennsylvania, launched on 18 December 1940, and transferred from the United States Navy to the Royal Navy in 19..
HMS Black Prince
Five ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Black Prince, after Edward, the Black Prince (1330-1376), the eldest son of King Edward III of England. The first Black Prince was a 10-gun vessel purchased by the Royalists in March of 1650, and burnt by Parliamentarians on 4 November of the..
HMS Black Prince (1861)
Career Ordered: Laid down: 12 October 1859 Launched: 27 February 1861 First Assignment (Commission): 12 September 1862 Decommissioned: 1923 Fate: Scrapped Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: 9,250 tons Length: Beam: Draught: Propulsion: Speed: Range: Compleme..
HMS Black Prince (1904)
HMS Black Prince was a Duke of Edinburgh class armoured cruiser of the Royal Navy (RN) during World War I. It was sunk with heavy loss of life during the Battle of Jutland, 31st May-1st June, 1916. Duke of Edinburgh-class cruiser Duke of Edinburgh | Black Prince Warrior | Cochrane | Achilles..
HMS Black Prince (81)
HMS Black Prince, post-war May 1946, Just before transferring to the Royal New Zealand Navy - note post war paint. Career Built By: Harland & Wolff (Belfast, Northern Ireland) Laid down: 1 December 1939 Launched: 27 August 1942 Commissioned: 30 November 1943 Loaned to the Royal New Zea..
HMS Black Swan (L57)
HMS Black Swan (L57), named after the Black Swan, was the name ship of the Black Swan-class of sloops of the British Royal Navy. She was laid down by Yarrow Shipbuilders on 20 June 1938, launched on 7 July 1939, and commissioned on 27 January 1940. On 2 April 1943 Black Swan and the corvette Ston..
HMS Blake
Four ships of the British Royal Navy have carried the name HMS Blake in honour of Admiral Robert Blake who was, until eclipsed by Horatio Nelson, the most famous British admiral. The first Blake, launched in 1808, was a 74-gun third-rate ship of the line. She was sold in 1816.The second Blake was o..
HMS Blake (C99)
HMS Blake post-conversion Career Ordered: 1942 Additional Naval Programme Laid down: 17 August 1942 Launched: 20 December 1945 Commissioned: 18 March 1961 Decommissioned: December 1979 Fate: Sold for scrap August 1982 General Characteristics Displacement: 11,560 tons as built12,080 to..
HMS Bligh (K-467)
The HMS Bligh (K-467) was named after Vice Admiral of the Blue William Bligh, Captain of the HMAV (His Majesty's Armed Vessel) Bounty during its famous mutiny. Bligh began life as USS Liddle (DE-76), a Buckley class destroyer escort. Laid down by the Bethlehem Steel Company, the USS Liddle (DE-76)..
HMS Bluebell
Two ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Bluebell, after the bluebell flower. The first Bluebell was a sloop in service from 1915 to 1930.The second Bluebell (K80) was a Flower-class corvette launched in 1940 and sunk by a torpedo in 1945. ..
HMS Bluebell (K80)
HMS Bluebell was a Flower-class corvette of the United Kingdom's Royal Navy, launched 24 April 1940, in service by October 1940. Commander: (Lt G.H. Walker, RNVR, DSC) She served in World War II and was lost to a torpedo from U-711 in the Kola Inlet on 17 February 1945 on position 69.36N, 35.29E. Th..
HMS Boadicea
Name of various Royal Navy ships, including: HMS Boadicea (1797), appears in the Master and Commander books [link]Second ship of this nameHMS Boadicea (1875), Bacchante class corvette, launched 16th October 1875, Sold 1905 [link]HMS Boadicea (1909), Boadicea class cruiser, WWIHM..
HMS Bonaventure (31)
HMS Bonaventure on patrol, 4 October 1940 Career Built By: Scotts Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. (Greenock, Scotland) Laid down: 30 August 1937 Launched: 19 April 1939 Commissioned: 24 May 1940 Fate: Sunk, 31 March 1941 by torpedoes from Italian submarine Ambra, south of Crete (139 ..
HMS Border (L67)
Adrias (L67) Career Ordered: Laid down: Launched: Commissioned: July 20, 1942 Decommissioned: 1945 Fate: returned to UK and sold for scrap Current position: General Characteristics Displacement: Full load 1,490 tons, standard displacement 1,050 tons (surfaced) -..
HMS Boscawen
HMS Boscawan 70 guns, 3rd rate Ship of the line, built at Woolwich Royal Dockyard. Converted to the Wellesley Training Ship. ..
HMS Boxer
Nine ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Boxer, named after the competitor in a boxing match. The first Boxer was a small gun vessel launched in 1797 and sold in 1809.The second Boxer was a 12 gun brig that was captued by the US Navy during the War of 1812.The third Boxer was a padd..
HMS Boxer (1941)
Career Ordered: 6 March 1941 Laid down: Launched: 12 December 1942 Commissioned: 10 April 1943 Decommissioned: Fate: Scrapped 1958 Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: Length: Beam: Draught: Propulsion: Speed: Range: Complement: Armament: Aircraft: Motto..
HMS Boxer (F92)
Career Ordered: Laid down: 1 November 1979 Launched: 17 June 1981 Commissioned: 22 December 1983 Decommissioned: 4 August 1999 Fate: Sunk as a target vessel Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: 5,300 tons Length: 148.1 m Beam: 14.8 m Draught: Propulsion: Speed: 33 km/..
HMS Boyne
Six ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Boyne after the Battle of the Boyne, 1690. The first Boyne was an 80-gun second-rate ship of the line launched in 1692, rebuilt in 1739 and broken up in 1763. Commanded by Captain Dursley, she helped take Gibraltar in 1704.The second Boyne was..
HMS Boyne (1790)
The HMS Boyne caught fire and was destroyed May 1st, 1796 at Spithead. Laying at anchor, it is supposed that the ship caught fire unkowingly as the Royal Marines of the vessel were practicing firing exercises. Ironically, because the guns were always left loaded, the cannons began to "cook off" th..
HMS Bramham (L51)
HMS Bramham (L51) coat of arms The HMS Bramham pennant L51 was a Hunt class destroyer of the Royal Navy ship laid down in Alexander Stephen & Sons Shipyards of Glasgow, Scotland on 7 April 1941. It was launched on 29 January 1942 and commissioned on 16 June 1942. In the following August she s..
HMS Brave (F94)
Career Ordered: Laid down: 24 May 1982 at Yarrow Shipbuilders Ltd, Scotstoun, Glasgow Launched: 19 November 1983 by Lady Bryson, wife of Admiral Sir Lindsay Bryson KCB, the Controller of the Navy Commissioned: 4 July 1986 in Portsmouth, Hampshire - Captain W C McKnight LVO RN in command. ..
HMS Brazen
There have been a number of Royal Navy ships called HMS Brazen The French L´Invincible General Bonaparte - taken in 1798, became HMS Brazen and was wrecked in January 1800 near Newhaven. HMS Brazen - lead ship of the Brazen class destroyers, a C class destroyer built at the end of the 19th century..
HMS Brazen (F91)
Career Ordered: Laid down: 18 August 1978 Launched: 4 May 1980 Commissioned: 2 July 1982 Decommissioned: 1996 Fate: Sold to Brazil 31 August 1996. Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: 5300 t Length: 148.1 m Beam: 14.8 m Draught: Propulsion: Speed: 33 km/h cruise, 56 k..
HMS Brecon
Two ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Brecon after the Brecon hunt: The first Brecon (L76), launched in 1942, was a Hunt-class destroyer.The second and current Brecon (M29), launched in 1979, is a Hunt-class minesweeper. External links http://www.royal-navy.mod.uk/static/pages/2461.html ..
HMS Brecon (M29)
--> HMS Brecon was a Hunt Class mine counter measures vessel (MCMV) that served with the Royal Navy. Her pennant number was M29. Contents 1 Service2 Decomissioning3 Trivia4 External links Service Brecon was built at Vosper Thornycroft, the lead yard for the Hunt Class. She..
HMS Brilliant
Seven ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Brilliant. The first Brilliant was a sloop in service in 1729.The second Brilliant was a 36-gun fifth-rate launched in 1757 and sold in 1776.The third Brilliant was a 28-gun sixth-rate launched in 1795? and broken up in 1811.The fourth Brilliant was..
HMS Brilliant (F90)
Career Ordered: Laid down: 25 March 1977 Launched: 15 December 1978 Commissioned: 15 May 1981 Decommissioned: 1996 Fate: Sold to Brazil 31 August 1996. Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: 5300 t Length: 148.1 m Beam: 14.8 m Draught: Propulsion: Speed: 33 km/h cruise,..
HMS Bristol
Six ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Bristol, after the port (city & county) of Bristol. The first Bristol was a 48-gun ship launched in 1653, completely rebuilt in 1693, captured by the French in April 1709, recaptured two weeks later and sunk.The second Bristol was a 54-gun fou..
HMS Bristol (1910)
The fifth HMS Bristol was a Town-class light cruiser of the Royal Navy, displacing 4,800 tons, with a crew of 376, and capable of 27 knots. She was launched in 1910, and carried two 6-inch (152 mm) and ten 4-inch (102 mm) guns. On the outbreak of World War I in 1914 she was in the West Indies and w..
HMS Bristol (D23)
Career Ordered: Laid down: 15 November 1967 Launched: 30 June 1969 Commissioned: 31 March 1973 Decommissioned: N/A, although withdrawn from service in 1991 Fate: Sea Cadet/Sea scout Accommodation Ship Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: 6,000 tons Length: 507 fe..
HMS Britannia
Eight vessels of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Britannia, after Britannia, the goddess and personification of Britain. The first Britannia was a 100-gun first-rate launched in 1682 and dismantled in 1715 for use in building the next Britannia.The second Britannia was a 100-gun first-ra..
HMS Britannia (1762)
HMS Britannia (1762) was a British Royal Navy 100-gun 1st rate ship of the line. From 1793–1795 she was the flagship of Vice-Admiral Hotham. She fought at the Battle of Cape St. Vincent (1797) and at the Battle of Trafalgar, where she carried the flag of Rear-Admiral of the White William Carn..
HMS Britannia (1820)
HMS Britannia was a 120 gun first rate of the Royal Navy which was laid down in 1813 and launched on October 20 1820. Commissioned in 1823, she saw service in the Mediterranean from 1830-1 and in 1841. She was decommissioned in 1843, before returning to service for the Crimean War, serving as flag..
HMS Britannia (1904)
Career Ordered: Laid down: Launched: 10 December 1904 Commissioned: Fate: Torpedoed and sunk, 9 November 1918 Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: normal 16,350 tons, full draft 17,500 tons Length: 453 feet 6 inches (138 m) Beam: 78 feet (23.7 m) Draught: 26 feet 9 inche..
HMS Broadsword
The first HMS Broadsword was a Weapon class destroyer commissioned in 1948.The second HMS Broadsword was the lead Type 22 frigate commissioned in 1979. She saw combat action in the Falklands War in 1982. ..
HMS Broadsword (F88)
Career Ordered: Laid down: 7 February 1975 Launched: 12 May 1976 Commissioned: 4 May 1979 Decommissioned: 31 March 1995 Fate: Sold to Brazil on 30 June 1995. Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: 5,300 tons Length: 148.1 m Beam: 14.8 m Draught: Propulsion: Speed: 33 km..
HMS Brocklesby
Three ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Brocklesby after the Brocklesby hunt: The first Brocklesby, commissioned in 1916, was an ex-coaster taken up from trade. She served in World War I and was paid off in 1917.The second Brocklesby (L42), launched in 1940, was a Hunt-class destroyer th..
HMS Broke
HMS Broke was a Shakespeare class destroyer originally named HMS Rook. Rook was built in Southampton by Thornycroft and launched during 1920. On 8 November 1942 Broke, as she was then named, was commanded by Henry Fancourt. She was one of the ships to take part in Operation Terminal, part of Opera..
HMS Bronington (M1115)
HMS Bronington (M1115) is a Ton-class minesweeper of the Royal Navy, launched on 1953-03-19, the former command of Charles, Prince of Wales. This mahogany-hulled minesweeper is one of the last of the "wooden walls" (wooden-hulled naval vessels). It was berthed in the historic Manchester Ship Canal a..
HMS Bruiser
Two ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Bruiser. The first Bruiser was an iron steam-powered provisioning ship launched in 1854 and sold in 1857.The second Bruiser was a tank landing ship launched in 1942 and sold in 1946. See also HMS Bruizer ..
HMS Bruizer
Four ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Bruizer, an old name for a boxer. The first Bruizer was a small gunboat launched in 1797 and sold in 1802.The second Bruizer was 12-gun brig launched in 1804 and sold in 1815.The third Bruizer was Britomart-class steam powered gunboat launche..
HMS Buffalo
A number of ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Buffalo. Buffalo - 486 tons storeship launched as Fremantle in 1797 and sold in 1817.Buffalo - sixth-rate ship of the line launched as Hindostan in 1813 and wrecked in 1840 off Mercury Bay.Buffalo - mooring vessel of the Trinculo class launch..
HMS Bulldog
Seven vessels of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Bulldog, after the bulldog: The first Bulldog was a small 4-gun vessel bought in March 1794 and sold later in the same year.The second Bulldog was a 16-gun sloop launched in 1782 but converted to a Royal Navy bomb vessel in 1798. She was ..
HMS Bulldog (1930)
Currently adding. Career Built By: Swan Hunter and Wigham Richardson Ltd, (Wallsend-on-Tyne, UK) Laid down: 10 August 1929 Launched: 6 December 1930 Commissioned: 8 April 1931 End of Service Fate: Scrapped, 15 January 1946 Pennant: H 91 General Characteristics Type:..
HMS Bulldog (H317)
Career Ordered: Laid down: Launched: 12 July 1967 at Brooke Marine, Lowestoft, England Commissioned: 21 March 1968 Decommissioned: 26 July 2001 Fate: Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: 1,160 tons maximum Length: 57.7 metres Beam: 13 metres Draught: Propulsion: Four ..
HMS Bulwark
Seven ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Bulwark. Construction of the first Bulwark began in 1780, but the keel was never laid down, and the order was subsequently cancelled.The second Bulwark was a 74-gun frigate that took part in the blockade of Rochefort in 1813 and fought in the War of..
HMS Bulwark (1899)
Career Ordered: 27 June 1898 Laid down: 20 March 1899 Launched: 18 October 1899 Commissioned: 11 March 1902 Fate: Destroyed by internal explosion Struck: n/a General Characteristics Displacement: 15,366 tons (load); 15,995 tons (deep) Length: 400 ft Beam: 75 ft Draught: 27ft 3in (loa..
HMS Bulwark (L15)
Career Ordered: 18 July 1996 Laid down: 27 January 2000 Launched: 15 November 2001 Commissioned: 10 December 2004 Decommissioned: Fate: Active in service as of 2006. Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: 18,500 t Length: 176 m Beam: 25.6 m waterline, 28.9 m maximum Draug..
HMS Bulwark (R08)
Career Ordered: Laid down: 10 May 1945 Launched: 22 June 1948 Commissioned: 4 November 1954 Decommissioned: 1981 Fate: Scrapped Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: 26,200 tonnes (full load Length: 737.75 feet/224 metres Beam: 123 feet/38.5 metres Draught: 27.8 feet/8.4 m..
HMS Buzzard (1887)
HMS Buzzard was a Nymphe class composite screw sloop developed and constructed for the Royal Navy. It was launched on May 10th, 1887. In 1904 it was converted to a drill ship for the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, and in 1911 the Buzzard relieved the HMS President as Headquarters ship and was subseq..
HMS Byard (K315)
HMS Byard was a Buckley class destroyer escort originally built for the US Navy. She was laid down by Bethlehem Hingham, Hingham, Massachusetts in October 1942, launched on 6 March 1943 and subsequently sent to Britain under the Lend-Lease agreement. Designated as a Royal Navy Captain class frigate..
HMS Cadiz
Two ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Cadiz: The first Cadiz was a fire ship purchased in 1688 and expended in 1692 at the Battle of Barfleur.The second Cadiz (D79), launched in 1944, was a Battle-class destroyer. She was transferred to the Pakistani Navy in 1957 and renamed Kaibar. Refer..
HMS Cadiz (D79)
Career Ordered: Laid down: 10 May 1943 Launched: 16 September 1944 Commissioned: 12 April 1946 Decommissioned: ? Fate: Sunk in 1971 during Indo-Pakistan War Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: Length: Beam: Draught: Propulsion: Speed: Range: Complement: Arm..
HMS Caesar
Four ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Caesar, after the famous Roman general and dictator Julius Caesar. A Caesar was ordered as a 74-gun 3rd rate from Plymouth Dockyard in 1777, but construction was cancelled in 1783.The first Caesar was an 80-gun 3rd rate launched in 1793, used..
HMS Caesar (1896)
Career Ordered: Laid down: 1895 Launched: 1896 Commissioned: December 1897 Fate: Sold for scrapping, 1920; Scrapped, 1921 Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: 14900 tons std, 16000 tons max Length: 421' Beam: 75' Draught: 27' 6" Propulsion: Engines - Water tube boilers, ..
HMS Cairo (D87)
HMS Cairo (D87) was a C-class light cruiser of the Royal Navy, named after the Egyptian city of Cairo. She was laid down by Cammell Laird at Birkenhead on 28 November 1917, launched on 19 November 1918 and commissioned on 24 September 1919. She was converted to an anti-aircraft cruiser in 1939. In ..
HMS Caistor Castle (K690)
HMS Caistor Castle (K690) was a Castle-class corvette of Britain's Royal Navy. She was named after Caistor Castle in Lincolnshire. She was laid down at J. Lewis & Sons Ltd. in Aberdeen, Scotland on 28 August 1943 and launched on 22 May 1944 before being commissioned on 29 September 1944 and served..
HMS Calcutta
Five ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Calcutta, after the Indian city of Calcutta (now Kolkata). The first Calcutta was a 54-gun fourth-rate ship, originally the East Indiaman Warley and purchased in 1795, captured by the French in 1805 and destroyed by British ships in 1809. The second ..
HMS Caledonia (1862)
Career Laid down: 1860 Launched: October 24 1862 Completed: July 1865 Broken up: 1886 Specification Displacement: 6,832 tons Original length: 252 ft (76.8 m) Length on conversion: 273 ft (83.2 m) Original beam 57 ft (17.4 m) Beam on conversion: 58 ft 6 inches (17.8 m) Original draught:..
HMS Calliope
Five ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Calliope after the muse Calliope in Greek mythology. The first Calliope was a 10-gun sloop launched in 1808 and broken up in 1829.The second Calliope was a 28-gun sixth-rate launched in 1837 and broken up in 1883.The third Calliope was a Calypso-clas..
HMS Calliope (1914)
HMS Calliope Crown Colony class General Characteristics Displacement: 3,759 Length: 446 ft Beam: 41 ft 6 inch Draught: 16 ft Armament: 4 x 6", 2 x 3" aa, Four 6-inch (152 mm)Two 3-inch AATwo 21-inch (533mm) submerged torpedo tubes Propulsion: 8 Yarrow boilers. Parsons turbines. ..
HMS Calypso
A number of ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Calypso after Calypso, a sea nymph in Greek mythology. HMS Calypso (1883) is a Calypso-class corvette launched in 1883, renamed HMS Briton to serve as a training ship for the Royal Naval Reserve of Newfoundland, sold in 1922, and used as a sto..
HMS Cambridgeshire
HMS Cambridgeshire, a ship of the Royal Navy, named in honor of Cambridgeshire in England. ..
HMS Camellia
Two ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Camellia after the genus Camellia of flowering plants. The first Camellia was an Acacia-class sloop launched in 1915, that served in World War I and was sold in 1923.The second Camellia (K31) was a Flower-class corvette launched in 1940, that served i..
HMS Camellia (K31)
HMS Camellia (K31) was a Flower-class corvette of the British Royal Navy that served in the Second World War. She was laid down on 14 November 1939, launched on 4 May 1940, and commissioned on 18 June 1940. In January of 1941 she served as a rescue transport for five crewman of the merchant ship Ri..
HMS Campania
Two ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Campania after the region of Campania in Italy: The first Campania, purchased in 1914, was a passenger liner converted to a seaplane tender. She collided with Royal Oak and Glorious in 1918 and sank in the Firth of Forth. The wrecksite was designated ..
HMS Campbeltown
There have been two ships of the Royal Navy named HMS Campbeltown, after Campbeltown in Scotland: The first Campbeltown (I42), was a destroyer given to the Royal Navy by the United States Navy as part of the 1940 Destroyers for Bases Agreement. She had previously been USS Buchanan. Campbeltown ach..
HMS Campbeltown (F86)
HMS Campbeltown docked in Campbeltown Loch, by Malcolm McFadyen Career Ordered: Laid down: 4 December 1985 Launched: 7 October 1987 Commissioned: 27 May 1989 Decommissioned: Fate: Active in service as of 2006. Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: 5300 t Length: 148.1 m Bea..
HMS Camperdown
Four vessels of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Camperdown after the Battle of Camperdown in 1797: The first Camperdown was a 74-gun third-rate ship of the line captured from the Dutch (who called her the Jupiter) at the Battle of Camperdown. She was sold in 1817.The second Camperdown wa..
HMS Camperdown (1885)
Career Ordered: Laid down: Launched: 24 November 1885 at Portsmouth dockyard Commissioned: Decommissioned: Fate: Sold for scrap 11 June 1911 Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: 10,600 tons Length: 330 ft (101 m) Beam: 68.5 ft (20.9 m) Draught: 27.25 ft (8.3 m) maximum..
HMS Camperdown (D32)
Career Ordered: Laid down: 30 October 1942 Launched: 8 February 1944 Commissioned: 18 June 1945 Decommissioned: ? Fate: Sold for scrap Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: Length: Beam: Draught: Propulsion: Speed: Range: Complement: Armament: Aircraft: ..
HMS Canada (1913)
HMS Canada was a battleship, sometimes identified as a member of the Iron Duke class battleships originally ordered by the government of Chile as Valparaiso. Before launching, the ship's name was change to Almirante Latorre. Incomplete at the outbreak of World War I, she was purchased by the Briti..
HMS Canopus
Two ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Canopus after the star Canopus. The first Canopus was an 80-gun third rate French ship of the line launched in 1797, captured at the Battle of the Nile, and commissioned into the Royal Navy. She was scrapped in 1887The second Canopus was a pr..
HMS Canopus (1898)
Career Ordered: Laid down: 4 January 1897 Launched: 12 October 1897 Commissioned: December 1899 Decommissioned: Fate: sold Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: 12,950 tons Length: 431 ft (131.4 m) Beam: 74 ft (22.6 m) Draught: 26 ft (7.9 m) Propulsion: 2 shafts, wat..
HMS Captain
At least six ships of the Royal Navy have been called HMS Captain. Captain (1787) - 74-gun third-rate ship of the line. She was Captain Horatio Nelson's ship at the Battle of Cape St Vincent (14 February 1797).Captain (1869) - Masted turret ship of controversial design which sank in a gale in the B..
HMS Captain (1787)
HMS Captain was a 74-gun third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched in 1787. At the start of the French Revolutionary War, she was part of the Mediterranean fleet which occupied Toulon at the invitation of the Royalists in 1793 before being driven out by Revolutionary troops in an act..
HMS Captain (1869)
Career Ordered:30 January 1867 Laid down:30 January 1867 Launched:27 March 1869 Commissioned:April 1870 Fate:Capsized off Cape Finisterre, night of 7 September 1870 Specifications Displacement:6950 tons Length:320 feet Beam:53 feet 3 inches Draught:24 feet 6 inches forward, 25 feet 6 inches aft F..
HMS Cardiff
There have been three warships of the Royal Navy to bear the name HMS Cardiff, after the capital of Wales. The ships motto is "Agris in cardine rerum" which translates as "Keen in emergency". She has certainly adhered to that motto, whether it be in war or peace-time disaster relief operations. The..
HMS Cardiff (1917)
See HMS Cardiff for other ships of the name. HMS Cardiff was a C-class light cruiser of the British Royal Navy. The steps to Cardiff occurred in quick procession, from being ordered under an Emergency Plan in April 1916 due to WWI, then to being laid down in July 1916 by Fairfield Shipbuilding & E..
HMS Cardiff (D108)
See HMS Cardiff for other ships of the name. Career Ordered: Laid down: 6 November 1972 Launched: 22 February 1974 Commissioned: 24 September 1979 Decommissioned: 14 July 2005 Fate: Awaiting Disposal Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: 4,820 tonnes Length: 125 m..
HMS Cardigan Bay
HMS Cardigan Bay was a Royal Navy Bay class frigate which took part in the Korean War. The name has been given to a Royal Fleet Auxiliary ship, RFA Cardigan Bay (L3009), launched in April, 2005. External link [Royal Navy information on the ship] ..
HMS Carisbrooke Castle (K379)
HMS Carisbrooke Castle (K379) was a Royal Navy Castle-class corvette. She was named after Carisbrooke Castle on the Isle of Wight. She was launched at Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd. in Dundee, Scotland on 31 July 1943 and commissioned on 17 November 1943. After World War II her care..
HMS Carlskrona
Career Constructor Karlskronavarvet AB Launched: 28 june 1980 Commissioned: 11 january 1982 Struck: Fate: General Characteristics Displacement: 3800 t Length: 105,7 m Width: 15,2 m Draft: 407 m Armament: 1*57 mm, 2*40 mm, mines Propulsion: Range: Complement: 45 officers, ..
HMS Carnarvon (1903)
HMS Carnarvon was a Devonshire-class armoured cruiser (10,850 tons displacement) of the Royal Navy, named after the town of Caernarfon in Wales. Launched in 1903, she served with the Mediterranean Fleet in the 3rd Cruiser Squadron until March 1907, and then joined the 2nd Cruiser Squadron in the Atl..
HMS Caroline (1914)
HMS Caroline is a C-class light cruiser of the British Royal Navy (RN). She is the second-oldest ship in RN service – the oldest being HMS Victory – and acts as a static headquarters and training ship for the Royal Naval Reserve (RNR), based in Alexandra Dock, Belfast, Northern Ireland. ..
HMS Castor (1915)
HMS Castor was one of a class of four light cruisers (sister ships were HMS Cambrian, HMS Canterbury, and HMS Constance). Design of this class was based on the earlier cruisers HMS Champion and HMS Calliope, which, in turn, were based on the HMS Caroline class, using the same hull as the Caroline..
HMS Cattistock
Three ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Cattistock after the Cattistock hunt: The first Cattistock, launched in 1917, was a Hunt-class minesweeper that served in World War I.The second Cattistock (L35), launched in 1940, was a Type I Hunt-class destroyer that served in World War II.The th..
HMS Cavalier (R73)
HMS Cavalier in September 2005 at Chatham Dockyard. HMS Cavalier (R73) was a C-class destroyer of the Royal Navy. She was laid down by J. S. White and Company at Cowes on 28 March 1943, launched on 7 April 1944, and commissioned on 22 November 1944. Service duty She served in World War II, jo..
HMS Centaur
HMS Centaur, a ship of the Royal Navy, is named after the Greek mythological figure, the Centaur, half-human, half-horse. HMS Centaur - fomerly the Norge captured from the Danish after the battle of Copenhagen in 1807 HMS Centaur - a steam frigate HMS Centaur (1916) - lead ship of the Centaur- sub..
HMS Centaur (R06)
Career Ordered: Laid down: 30 May 1944 Launched: 22 April 1947 Commissioned: 1 September 1953 Decommissioned: 1964 Fate: Scrapped Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: 24,000 tonnes full load Length: 737.75 feet/224 metres Beam: 123 feet/38.5 metres Draught: 27.8 feet/8.4 ..
HMS Centurion
Eight ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Centurion, after the centurions of ancient Rome. The first Centurion was a 34-gun ship launched in 1650 and wrecked in 1689.The second Centurion was a 48-gun fourth-rate in service from 1691 to 1728.The third Centurion was a 60-gun fourth-ra..
HMS Centurion (1732)
Career Ordered: ?? Laid down: ?? Launched: 1732 Commissioned: 1734 Decommissioned: 1769 Fate: Broken up, 1769, Chatham General Characteristics Displacement: 1,005 tons Length: 144 ft (43.9 m) overall Beam: 40 ft 10 in (12.2 m) Propulsion: Sails Range: Limited by water and provisio..
HMS Centurion (1911)
Career Ordered: 1910 Laid down: January 1911 Launched: November 18, 1911 Commissioned: May 1913 Decommissioned: 1924 Fate: Sunk in June 1944 Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: 23,400 tons Length: 597 ft 6 in (182.1 m) Beam: 89 ft (27.1 m) Draught: 28 feet 8 in (8.7 m) P..
HMS Cerberus (1868)
Career Laid down: September 1 1867 Launched: December 2 1868 Completed: September 1870 Sunk as breakwater at Melbourne: 1936 Specification Displacement: 3,344 tons Length: 225 ft Beam: 45 ft Draught: 15 ft 4 inches Engine: Two-shaft Maudslay, I.H.P.= 1,369 Speed: 9.75 knots Complement..
HMS Ceres
Three ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Ceres, after the goddess Ceres of Roman mythology. The first Ceres was an 18-gun sloop launched in 1777, renamed Raven in July 1782, and captured by the French in December of that year.The second Ceres was a 32-gun fifth-rate launched in 178..
HMS Ceylon
HMS Ceylon, is the name used by three ships of the British Royal Navy. They were named after the former British colony Ceylon, which is now Sri Lanka. The first HMS Ceylon was a 32 gun frigate renamed in 1808 and converted to a troopship in 1817, eventually being sold in 1875.The second HMS Ceylon ..
HMS Ceylon (C30)
Career Laid down: April 27, 1939 Launched: July 30, 1942 Commissioned: July 13, 1943 General Characteristics(as completed) Displacement: 8,712 tonnes standard11,024 tonnes full load Length: 169.3 m Beam: 18.9 m Draft: 5.3 m Propulsion: 4 Admiralty three-drum boilers4 Parsons gear..
HMS Challenger
Eight ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Challenger, most famously the survey vessel Challenger that carried the Challenger expedition from 1872 to 1876. The first Challenger was a 16-gun brig-sloop launched in 1806 and captured by the French in 1811.The second Challenger was an 18-gun bri..
HMS Challenger (1858)
Career Launched: 1858 Decommissioned: Chatham Dockyard, 1878 Fate: Broken for scrap, 1921 General Characteristics Displacement: 2306 tons (2343 t) Length: 200 ft (61 m) Propulsion: Steam (1200 hp or 900 kW) and sail Range: 68,890 nautical miles (127,670 km) (see article) Complement:..
HMS Challenger (1931)
HMS Challenger was a survey ship of the United Kingdom's Royal Navy. She was laid down in 1930 at Chatham Dockyard and built in a dry dock. After that, the ship was moved to Portsmouth for completion and commissioned on 15 March 1932. Until World War II, Challenger surveyed the waters around the Un..
HMS Challenger (K07)
HMS Challenger under construction HMS Challenger was a unique vessel in Royal Navy service - she was purpose built to support deep sea operations and saturation diving. However, she was commissioned in 1984, during a time when the Royal Navy was cutting back on expenditure, with the consequen..
HMS Charity (R29)
Charity engaged in Operation Fishnet off North Korea, 16 September 1952. HMS Charity (R29) was a C-class destroyer of the Royal Navy laid down by John I. Thornycroft and Company of Woolston in Southampton on 9 July 1943. She was launched on 30 November 1944 and commissioned on 19 November 19..
HMS Charlestown
Several ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Charlestown HMS Charlestown, a warship active in 1780 and serving in American watersHMS Charlestown, a Town class destroyer received from the US Navy in 1940 and decommisioned in 1945. This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] pa..
HMS Charybdis
Six ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Charybdis, after the sea monster Charybdis of Greek mythology. The first Charybdis was an 18-gun brig-sloop in use from 1809 to 1819. The second Charybdis was a 10-gun brig-sloop in use from 1831 to 1843. The third Charybdis was a screw corvette launc..
HMS Charybdis (88)
HMS Charybdis on completion in late 1941 Career Built By: Cammell Laird Shipyard (Birkenhead, UK) Laid down: 9 November 1939 Launched: 17 September 1940 Commissioned: 3 December 1941 Fate: Sunk, 23 October 1943 by torpedoes from German MTBs T23 and T27, in a night action off no..
HMS Charybdis (F75)
Career Ordered: Laid down: 27th January 1967 Launched: 28th February 1968 Commissioned: 2nd June 1969 Decommissioned: 30th September 1991 Fate: Sunk as target 11th June 1993 Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: Length: Beam: Draught: Propulsion: Speed: Range: ..
HMS Chaser (D32)
Career Laid down: 28 June 1941 Launched: 15 February 1942 Commissioned (USN): 9 April 1943 Decommissioned (USN): 1946? Commissioned (RN): 9 April 1943 Decommissioned (RN): 12 May 1946 Struck: 1946? Fate: Destroyed in 1972 or 1973 General Characteristics Displacement: 14,400 tons..
HMS Chatham
MHS Chatham, 1911 - 1926, pictured circa 1914 Fifteen ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Chatham after the port of Chatham, Kent, home of the Chatham Dockyard The first Chatham was a galliot captured in 1666 during the Second Anglo-Dutch War.The second Chatham was a 4-gun sloop launc..
HMS Chatham (F87)
At the International Fleet Review, 2005 Career Ordered: Laid down: 12 May 1986 Launched: 20 January 1988 Commissioned: 4 May 1990 Decommissioned: Fate: Active in service as of 2006. Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: 5300 t Length: 148.1 m Beam: 14.8 m Draught: Propu..
HMS Cheshire
HMS Cheshire, a ship of the Royal Navy, is named after the English county of Cheshire. HMS Cheshire (F18) an Armed Merchant Cruiser (auxiliary cruiser) acting as convoy escort and troopship in World War II ..
HMS Chichester
HMS Chichester(F59) was an aircraft detection frigate of the Salisbury class. ..
HMS Chilcompton
Built by Herd and McKenzie and completed on the 23rd of October 1953, the HMS Chilcompton. Had the prefix of a minesweeper - M1122. HMS Chilcompton was of Ton class, as well as 119 sister ships that all were named after places with the suffix 'ton'. The HMS Chilcompton spent the first eight years o..
HMS Circe
Five ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Circe, after the Greek goddess Circe. The first Circe was a 28-gun sixth-rate launched in 1785 and wrecked in 1803. The second Circe was a 32-gun fifth-rate launched in 1804 and sold in 1814. The third Circe was a 46-gun fifth-rate launched in 1827, ..
HMS Clas Fleming
HMS Clas Fleming Career Constructor Finnboda, Stockholm Launched: 1910 Commissioned: May 1914 Struck: Jan 1959 Fate: General Characteristics Displacement: 1,640 tons Length: 290 ft Width: 35 ft Draft: 14,5 ft Armament: 4-5 in. (4x1), 3-40 mm. A.A. guns, 200 mines Propulsion: D..
HMS Cleopatra (33)
HMS Cleopatra after the war with later AA armament. The quadruple 40 mm Bofors AA mount replaced Q 5.25in mount during a refit in the USA betweem 1943 to 1944 following action damage escorting a Malta convoy. Career Built By: R. and W. Hawthorn, Leslie and Company, Limited (Hebburn-on-Tyn..
HMS Cleopatra (F28)
Career Ordered: Laid down: 19th June 1963 Launched: 25th March 1964 Commissioned: 4th January 1966 Decommissioned: 31st January 1992 Fate: Sold for scrap 1993 Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: Length: Beam: Draught: Propulsion: Speed: Range: Complement: Ar..
HMS Clio
There were two Royal Navy ships named Clio: HMS Clio (1806)HMS Clio (1858) ..
HMS Clio (1806)
HMS Clio was a 380 ton, 18 gun, cruiser class brig-sloop, launched at Mistleythorn in 1806. She attacked Tórshavn in 1808 and served in the 1833 invasion of the Falkland Islands. See also HMS Clio (1858) External links [HMShip.com] ..
HMS Clio (1858)
HMS Clio was a wooden warship, used for most of her life as a school ship. Clio was built at Sheerness as a 200 foot (61 m) 22-gun Pearl class corvette and launched in 1858. In 1877 she became a school ship, stationed on the Menai Strait at Bangor, and had 260 pupils. She was sold for scrap and br..
HMS Clyde
Nine vessels of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Clyde after the River Clyde that runs through the port of Glasgow, Scotland. The first Clyde was a 38-gun fifth-rate launched in 1796 and sold in 1844.The second Clyde was a 4-gun tender bought in 1805 and sold in 1826.The third Clyde was a 46-gun ..
HMS Clyde (P257)
--> Career Ordered: Laid down: 2005 Launched: 14 June 2006 Commissioned: Decommissioned: Fate: Awaiting Commissioning Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: 1,850 tonnes Length: 81.5 m Beam: 13.6 m Draught: 3.8 m Propulsion: 2 x Ruston 12RK 270 Main Engines developing 41..
HMS Cobra (1899)
HMS Cobra, named after the cobra snake, was a steam turbine powered destroyer of the Royal Navy. She was built speculatively by Armstrong Whitworth, launched on 28 June 1899, and purchased by the Navy on 8 May 1900 for £70,000. She was 223 feet (68 m) long, displaced 400 tons and was armed wit..
HMS Collingwood
Three ships and one shore establishment of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Collingwood, after Admiral Cuthbert Collingwood, 1st Baron Collingwood. Collingwood (1841) - An 80-gun second-rate battleship, converted to screw propulsion in 1861, and sold in 1867.Collingwood (1882) - A battles..
HMS Collingwood (1908)
Career Ordered: Laid down: Launched:7 November 1908 Commissioned:1910 Decommissioned: Fate:sold for scrap Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: Length: Beam: Draught: Propulsion:4 shaft Parsons turbines, 24,500 shp, 21kts Speed: Range: Complement: Armament: HMS Collingwood was a St. Vin..
HMS Colossus
Four ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Colossus: Colossus (1787) - A 74-gun sail battleship of the Leviathan class, launched at Gravesend.Colossus (1803) - A 74-gun 3rd rate ship of the line that fought at Trafalgar.Colossus (1882) - Second-class battleship of the Colossus class.Colossus ..
HMS Colossus (1787)
The first HMS Colossus was a 74-gun ship of the line in the British Royal Navy. Launched at Gravesend in 1787, on 6 June 1793, in the Bay of Biscay, Colossus captured Vanneau, a tiny ship with an armament of just 6 guns. The same year, she was part of a large fleet of 51 warships of numerous types,..
HMS Colossus (1803)
HMS Colossus a 74-gun 3rd rate ship of the line which fought at Trafalgar where she helped force the surrender of the Spanish ship Bahamas (74) and the French Swiftsure (74). ..
HMS Colossus (1882)
HMS Colossus (1882) The second HMS Colossus was a Colossus class second-class British battleship, launched in 1882 and commissioned in 1886. She had a displacement of 9,520 tons, and an armament of 4 x 12.5-inch breechloaders, 5 x 6-inch guns and had a respectable speed of 15.5 knots. She serv..
HMS Colossus (1910)
Career Ordered: Laid down: Launched:1910 Commissioned:1911 Decommissioned: Fate:Scrapped Struck:1928 General Characteristics Displacement:23,050t Length:546ft Beam:85ft Draught:28.5ft Propulsion:Steam Turbines, 18 boilers, 4 shafts, 25,000hp Speed:21kts Range: Complement:755 Armament:10-12in, 16-..
HMS Comet
The name HMS Comet, after the comet, has been used no less than sixteen times by the Royal Navy. The first Comet was a 4-gun bomb vessel built in 1695 and captured by the French in 1706.The second Comet was a 14-gun bomb vessel in use from 1742 to 1759.The third Comet was a galley used in 1756.The ..
HMS Commonwealth (1903)
Career Ordered: 1903 naval programme Built: Fairfield, Govan Laid down: 17 June 1902 Launched: 13 May 1903 Commissioned: March 1905 Fate: Sold for breaking up, 18 November 1921 Struck: - General Characteristics Displacement: Standard 15,630 tons, Full draft 17,000 tons (As built) L..
HMS Comus (1914)
HMS Comus was a British Caroline class (C class cruiser) light cruiser of the Royal Navy in the First World War. History Already under construction by the start of the war at the Swan Hunter shipyard, Comus was launched in December, 1914 and completed in May the following year. She was a member of..
HMS Condor
Two vessels of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Condor after the largest flying land birds in the Western Hemisphere. Condor, was a steam-powered gunboat launched in 1876 and sold in 1889. She took part in the bombardment of Alexandria during the 1882 Urabi Revolt in Egypt, winning popular admir..
HMS Confiance
The largest warship ever constructed on Lake Champlain, HMS Confiance was a 36 gun frigate and built in answer to the American commander Thomas Macdonough's ambitious shipbuilding program, itself designed to thwart British advances into Vermont and New York during the War of 1812. Captain George Dow..
HMS Congo (1816)
The HMS Congo was the first steam-powered warship built for the British Royal Navy, though it must be recorded that she was not very successful as such. She was classified as a "Steam Sloop" and was built in 1816 at Deptford specifically for an exploration of the Congo River. Armament is recorded..
HMS Conqueror
Nine vessels of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Conqueror. The first Conqueror was an 8-gun fire ship captured from the French in 1745 and sold in 1748.The second Conqueror was a 70-gun third-rate launched in 1758 and wrecked off Plymouth two years later.The third Conqueror was a 74-gun ..
HMS Conqueror (1801)
HMS Conqueror a 74-gun 3rd rate ship of the line which fought at Trafalgar under the command of Captain Israel Pellew, brother of Sir Edward Pellew. Pellew's captain of marines took the surrender of the overall commander of the French-Spanish fleet, Admiral Villeneuve's sword, aboard the French ship..
HMS Conqueror (1881)
Career Laid down: April 28 1879 Floated out: September 8 1881 Completed: March 1886 Broken up: 1907 Specification Displacement: 6,200 tons Length: 270 ft Beam: 58 ft Draught: 22 ft light, 24 ft 3 inches deep load Engine: Two-shaft Humphreys & Tennant inverted compound I.H.P. = 4,500 Sp..
HMS Conqueror (1911)
Career Ordered: Laid down: April 1910 at Beardmore Launched: 1 May 1911 Commissioned: November 1912 Decommissioned: 1921 Fate: Sold for scrap Struck: 1922 General Characteristics Displacement: 22,000 tons standard/25,870 tons max Length: 581 feet (177.1 m) Beam: 88 feet (26.8 m) Dr..
HMS Conqueror (S48)
Career Ordered: Laid down: Launched: Commissioned: 1971 Decommissioned: 1990 Fate: Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: 4,900 tonnes submerged Length: 86.9 m Beam: 10.1 m Draught: 8.2 m Propulsion: One nuclear reactor, one shaft Speed: 28 knots submerged Ra..
HMS Conway
Several ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Conway after the town of Conwy in Wales, formerly known by its English name of Conway. The most famous Conway was school ship HMS Conway established in 1859. She occupied several ships, all called Conway until 1953 when her last floating home ran ..
HMS Conway (school ship)
HMS Conway was a naval training school or "school ship", founded in 1859 and housed for most of its life aboard a 19th-century wooden battleship. The ship was originally stationed on the Mersey near Liverpool, then moved to the Menai Strait during World War II. While being towed back to Birkenhead f..
HMS Conway Castle
Two ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Conway Castle after Conwy Castle in Wales. Conway Castle, acquired c. 1804, was a 54-ton Irish Gun Vessel hired to fight in the Napoleonic Wars.Conway Castle (FY509), launched in 1916, was a 274-ton trawler. She was commissioned by the Royal Navy in A..
HMS Cornwall
Six ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Cornwall after the county of Cornwall. Cornwall's motto is unus et omnes (one and all). The first Cornwall, launched in 1692, was an 80-gun third-rate ship of the line. She served in the wars of the Grand Alliance, the Spanish Succession and the Austr..
HMS Cornwallis (1901)
HMS Cornwallis was a pre-Dreadnought Duncan-class battleship of the Royal Navy. During World War I she took part in the Dardanelles Campaign. She was sunk in January 1917, after being hit by three torpedoes from German U-Boat U-32, commanded by Kurt Hartwig, off Malta, with the loss of fifteen liv..
HMS Cornwall (1692)
See HMS Cornwall for other ships of this name. HMS Cornwall was an 80-gun third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched in 1692. She served in the War of the Grand Alliance, and in her first year took part in the Battle of Barfleur and the action at La Hougue. She was rebuilt in 1705&nd..
HMS Cornwall (1761)
See HMS Cornwall for other ships of this name. HMS Cornwall was a 74-gun third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched at Deptford in 1761. She served in the English Channel until the end of the Seven Years' War in 1763. After service as a guard-ship at Plymouth, she was sent to North Am..
HMS Cornwall (1812)
See HMS Cornwall for other ships of this name. HMS Cornwall was a 74-gun third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, completed in 1812. She served in the English Channel in the Napoleonic Wars. Following the end of that conflict, she was given numerous modifications to allow her to have a gun d..
HMS Cornwall (1902)
See HMS Cornwall for other ships of this name. HMS Cornwall was a 9,000-ton Monmouth-class armoured cruiser of the Royal Navy. She was launched at Pembroke, Wales in 1902, and commissioned in 1904. On the outbreak of World War I in 1914 she was dispatched to West Africa to intercept German merchan..
HMS Cornwall (56)
HMS Cornwall 1938 after modernisation. Career Built By: Devonport Dockyard (Plymouth, UK) Laid down: 9 October 1924 Launched: 11 March 1926 Commissioned: 8 May 1928 Fate: Sunk 5 April 1942, with Dorsetshire, by bombs from Japanese carrier aircraft, west of Ceylon (198 lost). Penant: 56 ..
HMS Cornwall (F99)
See HMS Cornwall for other ships of the name. Career Ordered: Laid down: 14 December 1983 Launched: 14 October 1985 Commissioned: 23 April 1988 Decommissioned: Fate: Active in service as of 2006. Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: 5,300 t Length: 148.1 m (485.9 ft) Bea..
HMS Coromandel
HMS Coromandel has been the name of ships in the British Royal Navy the name coming from the Coromandel Coast of India The first Coromandel was a tender to HMS Dromedory. It gave its name the town of Coromandel, New Zealand, and the peninsula on which it is situated near the Hauraki Gulf when it v..
HMS Corunna (D97)
Career Ordered: 1943 Laid down: 12 April 1944 Launched: 29 May 1945 Commissioned: 6 June 1947 Decommissioned: 1967 Fate: Sold for scrap Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: Length: Beam: Draught: Propulsion: Speed: Range: Complement: Armament: Aircraf..
HMS Cossack (F03)
HMS Cossack (L03/F03/G03) was a Tribal-class destroyer which became famous for the boarding of the German supply ship Altmark in Norwegian waters, and the associated rescue of sailors originally captured by the Admiral Graf Spee. Cossack was laid down by the High Walker Yard of Vickers Armstrong at..
HMS Cottesmore
Three ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Cottesmore after the Cottesmore hunt: The first Cottesmore, launched in 1917, was a Hunt-class minesweeper. She served in World War I and was paid off and sold in 1919.The second Cottesmore (L78), launched in 1940, was a Hunt-class destroyer. She se..
HMS Courageous
Several ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Courageous or Courageux (the French spelling). The first Courageux was a 74-gun ship of the line captured from the French in 1761, and wrecked in 1796. The second Courageux or Courageuse, was a 32-gun sailing frigate captured in 1799. The third Co..
HMS Courageous (50)
Career Ordered: 14 March 1915 Laid down: 18 March 1915 Launched: 5 February 1916 Commissioned: 4 November 1916(completed 28 October) Converted to aircraft carrier: June 1924 to May 1928 Fate: Sunk by U-29 on 17 September 1939 General Characteristics Displacement: 22,560 as battlecruise..
HMS Courageous (S50)
Career Ordered: Laid down: Launched: Commissioned: 1971 Decommissioned: 10th April 1992 Fate: Museum ship Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: 4,900 tonnes submerged Length: 86.9 m Beam: 10.1 m Draught: 8.2 m Propulsion: One nuclear reactor, one shaft Speed: 2..
HMS Coventry
Seven ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Coventry, after the town of Coventry in the West Midlands. The first Coventry was the Spanish 28-gun ship San Miguel, captured in 1658, but in turn taken by the French in 1666.The second Coventry was a 48-gun fourth-rate launched in 1695, ca..
HMS Coventry (D118)
[link] Career Ordered: Laid down: 29 January 1973 Launched: 21 June 1974 Commissioned: 20 October 1978 Fate: Sunk by Argentine aircraft on 25 May 1982. General Characteristics Displacement: 4,820 tonnes Length: 125 m (410 ft) Beam: 14.3 m (47 ft) Dra..
HMS Coventry (F98)
Career Laid down: 29 March 1984 Launched: 8 April 1986 Commissioned: 14 October 1988 Decommissioned: 17 January 2001 Fate: Sold to Romania on 14 January 2003 Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: 5,300 tons Length: 148.1 m Beam: 14.8 m Draught: Propulsion: Speed: 18 knot..
HMS Crab (fictional Hornblower vessel)
In C.S. Forester's Horatio Hornblower novel Admiral Hornblower in the West Indies, Hornblower's squadron consists of three frigates, and a couple of dozen brigs and schooners. In one section of the novel circumstances require Hornblower to hoist his flag in the very small schooner HMS Crab. In the..
HMS Cressy (1899)
Career Ordered: Laid down: Launched: Commissioned: Fate: Sunk Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: 12,000 tons Length: Beam: Draught: Propulsion: Speed: 21 knots Range: Complement: Armament: 2 x 9.2-in guns Motto: HMS Cressy was a Cressy-class armoured cr..
HMS Cricket
HMS Cricket was a Royal Navy Insect class gunboat. She was built by Barclay Curle and launched on 17 December, 1915. During the First World War, Cricket took part in the Mesopotamian Campaign as part of the gunboat squadron operating on the Euphrates and Tigris rivers. During the Russian Civil War..
HMS Cromer (M103)
HMS Cromer was a Sandown class minehunter commissioned by the Royal Navy in 1992. She was named for the North Norfolk seaside town of the same name. She was decommissioned in 2001 before being refitted for use as a training ship at the Britannia Royal Naval College at Dartmouth. In keeping with trad..
HMS Cruiser
HMS Cruiser Screw Sloop 1,130T, Training ship, formerly HMS Kingfisher built Sheerness Dock Yard, launched 16th December 1879, (believed broken up 20th May 1905) ..
HMS Culloden
Five Royal Navy ships have had the name of HMS Culloden, after the battle of Culloden which took place in Scotland in 1746 and saw the defeat of the Jacobite Rising. The first Culloden was renamed before her launch in 1747 to HMS Prince Henry.The second Culloden was a third-rate launched in 1747 an..
HMS Culloden (1776)
Career Ordered: Laid down: Launched: 18 May 1776 Commissioned: Decommissioned: Fate: Ran aground 24 January 1781 on Culloden Point, Montauk, NY and destroyed to prevent from falling into the hands of the enemy. Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: 1,659 tons Length..
HMS Cumberland
There have been sixteen ships named HMS Cumberland in the Royal Navy. The name comes from the traditional county of Cumberland, England. The first Cumberland, built in 1695 at Bursledon, near Southampton, was an 80-gun third-rate ship of the line that served until 1707.The second Cumberland, built..
HMS Cumberland (57)
Career Ordered: Laid down: 18 October 1924 Launched: 16 March 1926 Commissioned: 23 February 1928 Decommissioned: 1946 Recommissioned: 1951 Fate: Sold for scrap 1959 Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: Length: Beam: Draught: 16.4 ft (5.0 m) Propulsion: Parsons gear..
HMS Cumberland (F85)
Career Ordered: Laid down: 12 October 1984 Launched: 21 June 1986 Commissioned: 10 June 1989 Decommissioned: Fate: Active in service as of 2006. Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: 5,300 tons Length: 148.1 m Beam: 14.8 m Draught: Propulsion: 2 x Rolls Royce Spey gas t..
HMS Curacoa
A number of ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Curacoa, after the island in the Caribbean Sea more usually spelled Curaçao. HMS Curacoa - flagship of the Australia station during the New Zealand Wars (1860 - 1864)HMS Curacoa (D41) - accidentally sunk by RMS Queen Mary in 1942 ..
HMS Curacoa (D41)
HMS Curacoa was a World War I light cruiser of the "C" class, named after the island in the Caribbean Sea more usually spelled Curaçao. She became one of the major accidental losses of the Royal Navy during World War II. On 2 October 1942 she was accidentally rammed by the ocean liner RMS Queen M..
HMS Cyclops
HMS Cyclops, a ship of the Royal Navy, is named after the Greek mythological figure, the one-eyed Cyclops. ..
HMS Daedalus
HMS Daedalus, otherwise known as Royal Naval Air Station Lee-on-Solent, was one of the primary shore airfields of the Fleet Air Arm. It served as the main training establishment and administrative centre of the Fleet Air Arm. Situated approximately four miles West of Portsmouth on the coast of the ..
HMS Danae
HMS Danae (F47) There have been a number of ships of the Royal Navy called HMS Danae, named after the Greek hero Danae. Danae (formerly the French frigate, La Vaillante) a 6th rate ship.Danaell - lead ship of the Danae class cruisers (also known as the D class), briefly serving with the Polis..
HMS Danae (1918)
HMS Danae / ORP Conrad ..
HMS Danae (F47)
Career Ordered: Laid down: 16th December 1964 Launched: 31st October 1965 Commissioned: 7th September 1967 Decommissioned: 1990 Fate: Sold to Ecuadorian Navy. She was renamed Morano Valverde Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: Length: Beam: Draught: Propulsion: S..
HMS Daring
Seven vessels of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Daring. Daring (1804), a 12-gun brig launched in 1804 and destroyed after running aground in 1813.Daring (1844), a 12-gun brig launched in 1844 and broken up in 1864.Daring (1874), a 4-gun sloop launched in 1874 and broken up in 1889.Darin..
HMS Daring (D32)
Career Ordered: December 2000 Laid down: March 2003 Launched: 1 February 2006 Commissioned: 2009 Fate: General Characteristics Displacement: 7350 tonnes Length: 152.4 m Beam: 21.2 m Draught: 5.0 m Propulsion: 2 Rolls-Royce WR-21 gas turbines, Alstom electric ..
HMS Dasher (D37)
HMS Dasher (D37) was a Royal Navy aircraft carrier, of the Avenger class – converted merchant vessels – and one of the shortest lived escort carriers. Dasher started out as the merchantman Rio de Janeiro built by Sun Shipbuilding (Maritime Commission contract (Hull Sun-62)). She was lai..
HMS Dauntless
Four ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Dauntless: The first Dauntless was an 18-gun sloop launched at Hull, England in November 1804. In 1807 she ran aground during a battle in the Vistula River and was forced to surrender to the French.The second Dauntless, launched in 1808 at Deptford,..
HMS Decoy
At least four vessels of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Decoy. Decoy, a gunboat launched in 1871 and sold in 1885.Decoy, a torpedo boat destroyer launched in 1894 and sunk in a collision in 1904.Decoy, a destroyer launched in 1932 and transferred to the Royal Canadian Navy in 1943 as HM..
HMS Defence
Several ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Defence: Defence, launched in 1763, fought in many battles in the American Revolutionary War, the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars.Defence, launched in 1861, was an ironclad scrapped in 1935.Defence, launched in 1907, was an armou..
HMS Defence (1763)
HMS Defence was a 3rd rate ship of the line of 74 guns, built at Plymouth (Devonport) dockyard in 1763 for the Royal Navy. She was one of the most famous ships of the period, taking part in several of the most important naval battles of the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic wars. During the Amer..
HMS Defence (1861)
Career Laid down: December 1859 Launched: April 24 1861 Commissioned: December 4 1861 Broken up: After 1940 Specifications Displacement: 6,150 tons Length: 280 ft (85.3 m) pp, 302 ft (92 m) overall Beam: 54 ft 2 in (16.5 m) Draught: 25 ft (7.6 m) Propulsion: One-shaft Penn trunk engines..
HMS Defence (1907)
--> Career Ordered: 1904-05 Naval Programme Laid down: 25 February 1905 Launched: 24 April 1907 Commissioned: 9 February 1909 Fate: Sunk at Battle of Jutland, 31 May 1916 Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: Length: 490 ft (149.4 m) between perpendiculars519 ft (158.2 m) o..
HMS Defiance
Nineteen ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Defiance: The first Defiance was a pinnace of 8 guns that took part in the action against the Spanish Armada in 1588.The second Defiance was a 46-gun galleon built in 1590 and sold in 1650.The third Defiance was a 10-gun ship that served with the..
HMS Defiance (1783)
HMS Defiance was a 3rd rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, of 74 guns, built in 1783. Her crew mutinied three times, in 1794, 1797 (the Spithead mutiny) and 1798 (the rising of the United Irishmen). She fought at Copenhagen and Trafalgar, where she captured the Spanish ship San Juan Nepomuceno...
HMS Delhi
The HMS Delhi Leander class cruiser built for the Royal Navy in 1933 as HMS Achilles. She was commissioned into the New Zealand division of the Royal Navy (later Royal New Zealand Navy) in 1937 as HMNZS Achilles. She was returned to the Royal Navy at the end of the Second World War and was sold to ..
HMS Denbigh Castle (K696)
HMS Denbigh Castle (K696) was a Castle-class corvette of the United Kingdom's Royal Navy. She was built by J. Lewis & Sons Ltd in Aberdeen, Scotland, launched on 5 August 1944, and commissioned on 30 December 1944. In World War II she served as a convoy escort. While escorting convoy JW-64 to Murm..
HMS Detroit
Painting of HMS Detroit by E.A Hodgkinson During the War of 1812, the British Royal Navy had two small vessels named HMS Detroit on Lake Erie, both named after the nearby Fort Detroit. The first Detroit was originally the United States brig Adams, mounting 6 6-pounders, captured 16 July 1813..
HMS Devastation
Four ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Devastation. The first Devastation was an 8-gun bomb vessel purchased in 1804 and sold in 1816. The second Devastation was to be a 14-gun bomb vessel; laid down in 1820, but cancelled in 1831. The third Devastation was a paddle sloop in servi..
HMS Devastation (1804)
HMS Devastation was an 8-gun Royal Navy bomb vessel purchased in 1804 and sold in 1816. This was one of the ships involved in the attack on Fort McHenry in the Battle of Baltimore during the War of 1812. She also participated in the bombardments of Fort Washington, Maryland and St. Marys, Georgia..
HMS Devastation (1871)
HMS Devastation in 1896. HMS Devastation was built by the British Royal Navy at the Pembroke Dockyard, England in 1871. She is considered the first true capital ship built by any nation at the time, the development of the monitor-type ship into the ocean-going battleship. Devastation was bu..
HMS Devonshire
Eight ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Devonshire, originally in honour of William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Devonshire, and later after the county of Devonshire (now called Devon). The first Devonshire was an 80-gun third-rate launched in 1692 and blown up in action with the French..
HMS Devonshire (39)
Career Ordered: Laid down: 16 March 1926 Launched: 22 October 1927 Commissioned: 18 March 1929 Fate: Scrapped General Characteristics Displacement: 9750 tons Length: Beam: Draught: Propulsion: Parsons geared or Brown Curtis steam turbines, 4 shafts, 8 boilers, 80,000 shp (60 MN)..
HMS Devonshire (D02)
Career Ordered: Laid down: 9 March 1959 Launched: 10 June 1960 Commissioned: 15 November 1962 Decommissioned: 1978 Fate: Sunk as a target on 17 July 1984. Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: 5,440 tonnes (6,850 tonnes full load) Length: 158.6 m Beam: 53 ft Dra..
HMS Diadem (84)
HMS Diadem on patrolling on the Arctic convoys in 1944 Career Built By: R. and W. Hawthorn, Leslie and Company, Limited (Hebburn-on-Tyne, UK) Laid down: 15 December 1939 Launched: 21 August 1942 Commissioned: 6 January 1944 Paid off: 1950 Reserve: In reserve between 1950 to 1956 ..
HMS Diamond
Several ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Diamond HMS Diamond, a sixth-rate frigate launched in 1848 and sold in 1885HMS Diamond, a 14-gun screw corvette launched in 1874 and sold in 1889HMS Diamond, a Gem-class cruiser built by Cammell Laird, launched in 1904 and scrapped in 1921HMS Diam..
HMS Diamond (H22)
HMS Diamond (H22) was a D class destroyer of the Royal Navy. She was laid down at Barrow-in-Furness on 29 September 1931, and was launched on 8 April 1932. On 26 April 1941, under the command of Lt. Commander Cartwright, Diamond rescued 600 troops from Crete after their transports were attacked. ..
HMS Diana (D126)
HMS Diana passing through the Kiel Kanal. June 1961 HMS Diana General Characteristics Displacement: 3,610 Standard Length: 390 ft Beam: 43 ft Propulsion: Engines by Parsons. Propulsion: Geared turbine. 2 shaft Speed: Over 30 knots Complement: 297 Armament: 3 x twin 4.5 in guns 2 ..
HMS Dido
Seven ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Dido, after Dido, the legendary founder and queen of Carthage. The first Dido was a 28-gun sixth-rate launched in 1784 and sold 1817. The second Dido was an 18-gun corvette launched in 1836, used as a coal hulk after 1860, and sold 1903. The..
HMS Didon
HMS Didon was a 38-gun fifth-rate ship of the British Royal Navy. Originally a French vessel, she was captured on 10 August 1805 off Cape Finisterre by HMS Phoenix and taken into the Navy. Didon was broken up in August 1811. ..
HMS Dido (1869)
The HMS Dido launched in 1869, the fourth ship of the British Royal Navy by that name, was a 12-gun wooden screw-propelled corvette. In 1906, the Dido was renamed Actaeon. The Actaeon was sold in 1922. External links [Name history at Battleships-Cruisers.co.uk] ..
HMS Dido (37)
HMS Dido at Brooklyn after the refit and addition of Q turret Career Built By: Cammel Laird Shipyard (Birkenhead, UK) Laid down: 26 October 1937 Launched: 18 July 1939 Commissioned: 30 September 1940 Paid off: October 1947 Reserve: In reserve at Gairloch between 1947 to 1951..
HMS Dido (F104)
Career Ordered: Laid down: 2nd December 1959 Launched: 22nd December 1961 Commissioned: 18th September 1963 Decommissioned: 1983 Fate: Sold to New Zealand Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: Length: Beam: Draught: Propulsion: Speed: Range: Complement: Armame..
HMS Diomede (F16)
Career Ordered: Laid down: 30th January 1968 Launched: 15th April 1969 Commissioned: 2nd April 1971 Decommissioned: 31st May 1988 Fate: Sold to Pakistani Navy July 1988. Renamed Shamsher Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: Length: Beam: Draught: Propulsion: Speed..
HMS Discovery
HMS Discovery was the name of a number of vessels in the Royal Navy. Two vessels named HMS Discovery were used in the 18th century exploration of the Pacific Ocean. There were other vessels of exploration named RRS Discovery. An HMS Discovery, commanded by Charles Clerke, served as the consort th..
HMS Discovery (1774)
HMS Discovery was the consort ship of James Cook's third expedition to the Pacific Ocean in 1776 - 1780. Like Cook's other ships, Discovery was a Whitby-built collier of 298 tons, originally named Diligence when it was built in 1774. Originally a brig, Cook had it changed to a full rigged ship. S..
HMS Discovery (1789)
HMS Discovery was the Royal Navy ship in which George Vancouver explored the west coast of North America in his 1791-1795 expedition. Discovery was built at the Randall & Brents shipyard in London in 1789. She was named after the previous HMS Discovery, one of the ships on James Cook's third voyag..
HMS Dolphin
Sixteen ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Dolphin after the dolphin. The first seven Dolphins were small ketches and fireships.The eighth Dolphin, launched in 1731, was a 20-gun sixth-rate, renamed Firebrand in 1755 and Penguin in 1757.The ninth Dolphin, launched in 1751, was a 24-gun six..
HMS Dolphin (1751)
HMS Dolphin was a 24-gun sixth-rate frigate of the Royal Navy. Launched in 1751, she was used as a survey ship from 1764 and made two circumnavigations of the world under the successive commands of John Byron and Samuel Wallis. She was the first ship to circumnavigate the world twice. She was const..
HMS Dolphin shore-establishment
The seventeenth Royal Navy 'ship' to be named HMS Dolphin. Sited at Fort Blockhouse in Gosport, it is the spiritual home of the Royal Navy's submarine service, and was a submarine base until 1994 and the Royal Naval Submarine School until 1999 when this moved to HMS Raleigh. The Royal Navy Submarin..
HMS Donovan
HMS Donovan may refer to: One of the two ships of the British Royal Navy which have borne this name:* HMS Donovan, a minesweeper launched 1918, sold 1921* HMS Donovan, a Landing Ship, Infantry originally laid down for the United States Navy as the USS Cape Berkeley in 1943 but transferred to the Br..
HMS Donovan (1918)
The HMS Donovan was one of 22 24 class sloops of the Royal Navy, buit in 1918-1919 and sold in 1922. ..
HMS Donovan (album)
H.M.S. Donovan is the ninth studio album, and tenth album overall, from Scottish singer-songwriter Donovan. It marks the second album of Donovan's children's music, after the For Little Ones portion of A Gift from a Flower to a Garden. H.M.S. Donovan is the second double album of Donovan's career, ..
HMS Dorsetshire
Three ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Dorsetshire, after the traditional county of Dorsetshire. The first Dorsetshire was an 80-gun third-rate launched in 1694, rebuilt in 1712, and sold 1749. The second Dorsetshire was a 70-gun third-rate in service from 1757 to 1775. The third..
HMS Dorsetshire (40)
Career Ordered: Laid down: Launched: 29 January 1929 Commissioned: Fate: Sunk General Characteristics Displacement: Length: Beam: Draught: 16.4 ft (5.0 m) Propulsion: Parsons geared or Brown Curtis steam turbines, 4 shafts, 8 boilers, 80,000 shp (60 MN) Speed: 32.5 knots (60...
HMS Dragon
Several Royal Navy ships have been called HMS Dragon The 4th Rate Dragon, in 1674, had a lieutenant called John Tyrrell, who had been appointed by King Charles II of England.The fifteenth Dragon was a 6-gun screw sloop launched in 1878 and sold in 1892The sixteenth Dragon was a twin-screw torpedo-b..
HMS Dragon (D46)
HMS/ORP Dragon ..
HMS Drake
Twenty ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Drake after Sir Francis Drake or after the drake. The most notable are: The 6th Rate Drake was captained by John Tyrrell (Oakley) after being appointed by King Charles II of England on 16 January 1678.The 12-gun sloop Drake, purchased in 1770, was ..
HMS Drake (1777)
HMS Drake was a twenty-gun sloop-of-war of the Royal Navy. Originally named Resolution, she was purchased in 1777. She served in the American Revolutionary War, and on April 24, 1778, off Carrickfergus, Ireland, she fought a battle with the 18-gun sloop Ranger of the Continental Navy, commanded by C..
HMS Dreadnought
Six ships and one submarine of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Dreadnought in the expectation that they would "dread nought", i.e. "fear nothing", "but God". The 1906 ship was one of the Royal Navy's most famous vessels. Dreadnought of 40 guns is mentioned as in service in 1553, but its exis..
HMS Dreadnought (1573)
HMS Dreadnought was a 41-gun English ship launched in 1573, rebuilt in 1592 and 1614, then broken up in 1648. There have since been several other ships with this name, see HMS Dreadnought for more information. ..
HMS Dreadnought (1801)
As quarantine ship, mid-1800s HMS Dreadnought was a second-rate of 98 guns of the Royal Navy. She was launched at Portsmouth at midday Saturday, on 13 May 1801, after 13 years on the stocks. She was the first man of war launched since the Act of Union 1800 created the United Kingdom of Great B..
HMS Dreadnought (1875)
Career Ordered: Laid down: 10 September 1870 Launched: 8 March 1875 Commissioned: 15 February 1879 Laid Up: 1905 Fate: Scrapped July 1908 Struck: 1908 General Characteristics Displacement: 10,886t Dimensions: 343ft x 63.8ft x 26.8ft Armament: 4-12.5in (9 MG, 2-14in torpedo carriages..
HMS Dreadnought (1906)
Career Ordered: 1905 Laid down: October 2, 1905 Launched: February 10, 1906 Commissioned: December 1906 Decommissioned: 1919 Fate: Scrapped 1923 Specifications Displacement: 18,420 t Length: 527 ft oa x 82 ft x 26 ft (160 m x 25 m x 8 m ) Armour: Belt: 4 to 11 inch (100 to 280 mm) mi..
HMS Dreadnought (S101)
Career Ordered: Laid Down: 12th June 1959 Launched: 21st October 1960 Commissioned: 17 April 1963 Decommissioned: 1980 Fate: As of 2004, is laid up at Rosyth General Characteristics Displacement: 3,500 tons surfaced/4,000 tons dived Length: 265.7 ft (81 m) Beam: 31.2 ft (9.8 m) Drau..
HMS Drottning Victoria
Career Constructor Götaverken, Gothenburg Launched: 15 September 1917 Commissioned: 5 December 1921 Struck: 1 April 1957 Fate: Scrapped 1959 General Characteristics Displacement: 6,842 t standard; 7,663 t full load Length: 120.9 m waterline121.6 m overall Width: 18.63 m Draft:..
HMS Dryad
Eight ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Dryad, after the dryads of Greek mythology. The first Dryad was a 36-gun fifth-rate launched in 1795, sent to harbour service in 1832, and broken up in 1860.The second Dryad was a screw frigate laid down in 1860 but cancelled in 1864.The third Dryad..
HMS Dryad (establishment)
HMS Dryad was a stone frigate shore establishment. It was the home of the Royal Navy's Maritime Warfare School Originally the establishment was based in Portsmouth Dockyard. The establishment took its name from the ship used as its tender, the fourth HMS Dryad. During WWII it was moved to Southwick..
HMS Duke
HMS Duke might refer to one of these ships of the Royal Navy: HMS Duke of EdinburghHMS Duke of Gloucester (1813)HMS Iron Duke (1870)HMS Iron Duke (1912)HMS Iron Duke (F234)HMS Duke of WellingtonHMS Duke of York (17) or to the Royal Navy training establishment (c. 1940) in Malvern, Worcestershire on..
HMS Duke of Edinburgh
Only one ship of the Royal Navy has been named HMS Duke of Edinburgh: Duke of Edinburgh, an armoured cruiser that served at Jutland. The name has been used for an unbuilt ship, however, as one of the two CVA-01 aircraft carriers was likely to have been named Duke of Edinburgh. These two carriers we..
HMS Duke of Edinburgh (1904)
Duke of Edinburgh-class General Characteristics Displacement: 13,550 t Length: 505 ft Beam: 73 ft 6 inch Draught: 26 ft Propulsion: Speed: 23 kt Range: Complement: 790 Armament: Six 9.2 in guns ten 6 in QF, twenty-two 3 pdr QF three 18 in torpedo tubes (submerged). The HMS Duke ..
HMS Duke of Gloucester (1813)
The HMS Duke of Gloucester was a 10 gun brig of the British Navy. It was constructed at the Kingston Royal Naval Dockyard in Kingston, Ontario (or York), Canada days before the city was captured by the Americans in 1813 during the War of 1812. Sister ship HMS Sir Isaac Brock was never completed and ..
HMS Duke of Wellington
HMS Duke of Wellington was a major British warship of the mid-19th century, symptomatic of an era of rapid technological change in the Royal Navy, powered both by sail and steam. She was a screw ship of the line, with towering masts and trim square-set yards, and was the flagship of Sir Charles Napi..
HMS Duke of York (17)
HMS Duke of York anchored, circa 1947 Career Ordered: 16 November 1936 Laid down: 5 May 1937, John Brown and Company, Clydebank, Scotland Launched: 28 February 1940 Commissioned: 20 August 1940 Decommissioned: November 1951 Fate: Scrapped 1957 at Shipbreaking Industries, Ltd., Faslane, Sc..
HMS Dulverton
Two ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Dulverton after the Dulverton hunt: The first Dulverton (L63), launched in 1941, was a type II Hunt-class destroyer. She served in World War II and was scuttled in 1943 after being severely damaged by German air attack.The second and current Dulverton..
HMS Dulverton (L63)
HMS Dulverton, the first ship of that name was a Second World War-era Type II Hunt class destroyer of the Royal Navy. Launched in 1941, she was damaged by German aircraft in 1943 and was scuttled. Dulverton was ordered from Stephen and Sons of Govan on the outbreak of war in 1939. She was laid do..
HMS Dumbarton Castle
Three ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Dumbarton Castle after Dumbarton Castle. The first Dumbarton Castle, originally of the Scots Navy was a frigate taken into the Royal Navy in 1707.The second Dumbarton Castle was launched as Castle-class corvette K388 and was later redesignated friga..
HMS Dumbarton Castle (P265)
Career Ordered: 8 August 1980 Laid down: Launched: 3 June 1981 Commissioned: 26 March 1982 Decommissioned: Fate: In service Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: 1,427 tonnes Length: 81 m (266 ft) Beam: 11.5 m (37 ft) Draught: 3.6 m (11 ft) Propulsion: 2 x Ruston 12RKC 5..
HMS Duncan
Six Royal Navy ships have been named HMS Duncan, after Admiral Adam Duncan, 1st Viscount Duncan of Camperdown, hero of the Battle of Camperdown. The first Duncan was built as an East Indiaman Carron, purchased upon completion in 1804, renamed Dover in 1807 and wrecked in 1811.The second Duncan was ..
HMS Duncan (D99)
Career Ordered Laid Down 7 July 1931 Launched July 1932 Commissioned March 1933 Decommissioned 1945 Fate Sold for scrap in February 1945 General Characteristics Displacement: 1,400 tons Length: 329 ft (100 m) Beam: Draught: Propulsion: Geared turbines on two shafts, 38,..
HMS Duncan (F80)
Career Ordered . Laid Down . Launched May 1957 Commissioned 21 October 1958 Decommissioned 1984 Fate Cut up in February 1985 Motto: Secundis dubusque rectus (Upright in prosperity and peril) This is a page about an individual ship, for general information please see: Blackwood class friga..
HMS Dundas (F48)
This is a page about an individual ship, for general information please see: Blackwood class frigate HMS Dundas, Pennant number F48, was an anti-submarine warfare frigate of the Blackwood class. See HMS Dundas for other ships of this name. Blackwood-class frigate Blackwood | Duncan | Dundas |..
HMS Dunkirk
Four vessels of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Dunkirk, after the Channel seaport of Dunkirk, France, site of the evacuation of 1940. The first Dunkirk was a 2-gun ketch captured from the French in 1656, and sold 1660.The second Dunkirk was a 48-gun fourth-rate, originally the Worcester..
HMS Dunkirk (D09)
Career Ordered: 1943 Laid down: 19 July 1944 Launched: 27 August 1945 Commissioned: 27 November 1946 Decommissioned: ? Fate: broken up 1965 Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: Length: Beam: Draught: Propulsion: Speed: Range: Complement: Armament: Aircraft: ..
HMS Dunraven
HMS Dunraven was a Q-Ship of the Royal Navy during World War I. On August 8, 1917, 130 miles southwest of Ushant in the Bay of Biscay, disguised as the collier Boverton and commanded by Gordon Campbell, VC, Dunraven spotted UC-71, commanded by Oberleutnant zur See Reinhold Saltzwedel. Saltzwedel b..
HMS E11
E11 torpedoes the Stamboul off Constantinople, 25 May 1915. Drawing from the ''Illustrated London News. HMS E11 was an E-class submarine of the Royal Navy launched on 23 April, 1914. E11 was one of the most successful submarines in action during the 1915 naval operations in the Dardanelles C..
HMS E15
HMS E15 was an E-class submarine of the Royal Navy, commissioned in 1914. During World War I, E15 served in the Mediterranean, participating in the Gallipoli Campaign against the Ottoman Empire. On April 16, 1915, under the command of Lieutenant Commander T.S. Brodie, E15 sailed her base at Mudros ..
HMS Eagle
About fifteen ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Eagle, after the eagle. (A careening hulk of 894 tons named Eagle is recorded as purchased in 1592 and sold in 1683, but was not a commissioned ship.) The first Eagle was the French ship Aigle, captured in 1650 and taken into the Na..
HMS Eagle (1918)
Career Laid down:February 20, 1913 Launched:June 8, 1918 Commissioned:February 26, 1924 Fate:Sunk by U-73 on August 11 1942. General Characteristics Displacement:22,200 tons (empty) Length:667 feet (203.3 m) Beam:92 feet (28 m) Draft:24 feet (7.3 m) Speed:24 knots Range:4000 nm at 18 knots Compl..
HMS Eagle (R05)
Career Ordered: Laid down: 24 October 1942 Launched: 19 March 1946 Commissioned: 5 October 1951 Decommissioned: 1972 Fate: Scrapped Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: Length: 804 ft (245 m) Beam: 135 ft (41 m) Draught: 33 ft (10.1 m) Propulsion: Speed: 32 kt (59 km/..
HMS Echo
Nine vessels of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Echo, after the Echo of Greek mythology. The first Echo was a 24-gun sixth-rate captured from the French in 1758 and sold 1770.The second Echo was the French ship Hussard captured 1780 and wrecked in 1791.The third Echo was a 16-gun sloop i..
HMS Echo (H87)
Career Ordered: 19 June 2000 Laid down: Launched: 4 March 2002 Commissioned: 7 March 2003 Decommissioned: Fate: Active in service as of 2006. Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: 3,470 tonnes Length: 90.6m Beam: 16.8m Draught: Propulsion: Speed: 15 knots Range: Co..
HMS Edgar
Eight ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Edgar. The first Edgar was a 70-gun third-rate launched in 1668, rebuilt in 1700, and destroyed in an accidental fire 1711.The second Edgar was a 60-gun fourth-rate launched in 1758 and sunk as a breakwater in 1774.The third Edgar was a 74-g..
HMS Edinburgh
Six ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Edinburgh, for the Scottish city of Edinburgh. The first Edinburgh, a 32 gun 5th rate, was transferred from the Scottish Navy in 1707, lasting only two years before being sunk as breakwater at Harwich.The second Edinburgh, a 70 gun 3rd rate, was renam..
HMS Edinburgh (1882)
Career Laid down: March 20 1879 Launched: March 18 1882 Completed: July 8 1887 Broken up: 1910 Specification Displacement: 9,420 tons Length: 325 ft Beam: 68 ft Draught: 25 ft 9 inches Engine: Two-shaft Humphreys inverted direct compound I.H.P. = 6,808 Speed: 16 knots Complement: 396 ..
HMS Edinburgh (C16)
Career Ordered: Laid Down: 30 December 1936 Launched: 31 March 1938 Commissioned: 1936 Fate: Sunk 1942 General Characteristics Displacement: 13,175 tons Length: 613.6 ft (187 m) Beam: 64.9 ft (19.8 m) Draught: 22.6 ft (6.9 m) Propulsion: Steam turbines, 4 shafts, 4 boilers, 82,5..
HMS Edinburgh (D97)
Career Ordered: Laid down: 8 September 1980 Launched: 14 April 1983 Commissioned: 17 December 1985 Decommissioned: Fate: Active in service as of 2006. Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: 5,200 tonnes Length: 141 m (462.5 ft) Beam: 15.2 m (50 ft) ..
HMS Effingham (D98)
Career Ordered: Laid down: 6 April 1917 Launched: 8 June 1921 Commissioned: 2 July 1924 Fate: Wrecked off Bodø, Norway, May 18, 1940 Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: 12,800 tons Length: 605 ft (184.4 m) Beam: 65ft (19.8 m) Draught: Propulsion: Speed: 29.5knts ..
HMS Egret (L75)
HMS Egret (L75) was a sloop-of-war of the British Royal Navy, the lead ship of her class. She was built by J. S. White and Company at Cowes and was launched on May 31, 1938. Egret has the dubious distinction of being the first ship to be sunk by a guided missile. The Germans had used the Henschel H..
HMS Ejdern
InsertCaptionHere Career Ordered: Laid down: 1991 Launched: 1991 Commissioned: 1991 Decommissioned: 2004 Fate: Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: 38 tons Length: 19,99 meters Beam: 4,8 meters Draft: 1,35 meters Propulsion: 2 × VP TAMD 122A Speed: ..
HMS Electra
Four ships have been named HMS Electra after the Greek mythological figure, Electra The first Electra was a 16 gun Brig Sloop commissioned in 1804. It was wrecked off the coast of Sicily in 25 March 1812. It was followed by an 18 gun Sloop Electra commissioned 28 September 1837 and sold in 1862. Th..
HMS Electra (1895)
Career Ordered: 1895 Naval Programme Laid down: 18 October 1895 Launched: 14 July 1896 Commissioned: July 1900 Fate: Sold for scrap, 1920 Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: 380 tons standard425 tons full load Length: 214 ft (65.2 m) between perpendiculars210 ft (64 m) overa..
HMS Electra (H27)
Career Ordered: 1931 Naval Programme Laid down: 15 March1933 Launched: 15 February1934 Commissioned: 15 September1934 Fate: Sunk, Battle of the Java Sea, 27 February1942 Struck: Officially stricken 1 January1946 General Characteristics Displacement: 1,350-1,405 tons standard1,886-1,940..
HMS Elephant
Three ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Elephant, after the elephant. The first Elephant was a captured French storeship purchased in 1705 and hulked 1709. The second Elephant was a 10-gun storeship purchased 1776 and sold 1779. The third Elephant was a 74-gun third-rate launched ..
HMS Elephant (1786)
The HMS Elephant was third-rate ship of the line with 2 gun decks and a complement of 74 guns. Length: 168 feet Across the beam: 47 feet This ship was built by George Parsons in Bursledon, Hampshire and launched on August 24th 1786. In late November 1790 the ship narrowly avoided destruction when..
HMS Emerald
Eight ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Emerald. The first Emerald was a 28-gun sixth-rate, originally the French Emeraude, captured in 1757 by HMS Southampton, and broken up in 1761.The second Emerald was a 32-gun fifth-rate launched in 1762 and broken up in 1793.The third Emerald was a ..
HMS Emerald (D66)
HMS Emerald pre-war 1934. Career Built By: Armstrong (Newcastle-on-Tyne, UK) Laid down: 23 September 1918 Launched: 19 May 1920 Commissioned: 14 January 1926 Paid off: 15 July 1933 Reserve: In reserve between 1937 to 1939, In reserve between 1945 to 1947. Decommissioned: ..
HMS Emperor (D98)
Career Laid down:23 June 1942 Launched:7 October 1942 Commissioned (RN):6 August 1943 Decommissioned:28 March 1946 Fate:sold for scrap General Characteristics Displacement:15,126 tons (full) Length:492 ft (150 m) Beam:69.5 ft (21.2 m) Draft:25.25 ft (7.7 m) Spe..
HMS Emperor of India (1913)
Career Ordered: 1911 Laid down: 31 May 1912 at Barrow-in-Furness Launched: 27 November 1913 Commissioned: 10 November 1914 Decommissioned: 1931 Fate: Sunk as target ship, then raised and scrapped Struck: 1931 General Characteristics Displacement: 25,000 tons (normal), 29,500 deep load ..
HMS Empress (D42)
Career Laid down:9 September 1942 Launched:30 December 1942 Commissioned (RN):12 August 1943 Decommissioned:28 March 1946 Fate:sold for scrap General Characteristics Displacement:7,800 tons Length:495.66 ft (151.1 m) Beam:69.5 ft (21.2 m) Draft:26 ft (7.9 m) Sp..
HMS Endeavour
HMS Endeavour was the name of nine ships of the Royal Navy. The first Endeavour was a 36-gun ship purchased in 1652 and sold in 1656.The second Endeavour was a 4-gun bomb vessel purchased in 1694 and sold in 1696.The third Endeavour was a fire ship purchased in 1694 and sold in 1696.The fourth Ende..
HMS Endurance
Endurance trapped in pack ice HMS Endurance There have been two Royal Navy ships with the name HMS Endurance. Both were named after the Sir Ernest Shackleton's Endurance which was the ship crushed in the ice of the Weddell Sea during the expedition to Antarctica from 1914 to 1915. The ships' m..
HMS Endurance (1967)
HMS Endurance was a Royal Navy ice patrol vessel from 1967 to 1991. She came to public notice when she was involved in the Falklands War. The first HMS Endurance, she was formerly the Anita Dan a Danish vessel built in 1956 by Grogerwerft for the Lauritzen Lines. She was acquired by the Royal Na..
HMS Endurance (A171)
Career Ordered: Laid down: Launched: Commissioned: 21 November 1991 Decommissioned: Fate: Active in service as of 2006. Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: 6,100 tonnes Length: 91 m (298.6 ft) Beam: 17.9 m (58.7 ft) Draught: 8.5m (27.9 ft) Propulsion: 2 Bergen BRM 8 ..
HMS Endymion
Four ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Endymion after the Greek hero Endymion. Endymion, launched in 1779, was a 44-gun frigate. She was wrecked on a coral reef near the Turks and Caicos Islands in 1790.Endymion, launched in 1797, was the lead ship of her class of 40- to 50-gun frigates. ..
HMS Endymion (1797)
Career Ordered: 30 April 1795 Builder: John Randall & Co, Rotherhithe Laid down: November 1795 Launched: 29 March 1797 Commissioned: 12 June 1797 Decommissioned: 1859, Receiving ship Fate: Broken up in Plymouth, 18 June 1868 General Characteristics Class: Endymion-class Design: copied..
HMS Engadine
Two warships of the Royal Navy have been called HMS Engadine. The first HMS Engadine was a seaplane tender which served in the First World War and was present at the Battle of Jutland. She was originally a merchant ship named after the Engadine valley in Switzerland, and the name was retained. The ..
HMS Engadine (1911)
HMS Engadine was a seaplane tender which served in the First World War. She was built as a Folkestone-Boulogne ferry by William Denny and Sons, launched on 23 September 1911 and named after the Engadine valley in Switzerland. She taken over by the Royal Navy in 1914 along with her sister ship HMS Ri..
HMS Engadine (1941)
HMS Engadine was a 9,909 ton cargo ship laid down at Dumbarton, Scotland on March 16 1940, launched on May 26 1941 and completed on November 17 1941. She was originally built for the Clan Line, and named Clan Bucanan (the previous Clan Buchanan having been sunk by the German raider Pinguin on Apr..
HMS Enterprise
For other references see USS Enterprise. HMS Enterprise may refer to: Ten ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Enterprise or HMS Enterprize. HMS Enterprise (1705), the first ship of the British Navy named Enterprise was the French frigate L'Entreprise of 24 guns, captured from the French in..
HMS Enterprise (1705)
The first HMS Enterprise (1705) (sometimes spelled Enterprize), 24, a sixth-rate of the Royal Navy, was known as L'Entreprise before her capture from the French by HMS Tryton in May 1705. She served in the Mediterranean Sea under command of J. Paul until Captain W. Davenport took command on May 19,..
HMS Enterprise (1848)
The sixth HMS Enterprise of the Royal Navy was a new-built merchant vessel purchased by the Admiralty in 1848 to be fitted and strengthened for Arctic exploration in search of Sir John Franklin's lost expedition. Enterprise made two voyages to the Arctic, the first via the Atlantic in 1848-1849 unde..
HMS Enterprise (1864)
The seventh HMS Enterprise of the Royal Navy was a sloop of war launched in 1864 at Deptford Dockyard. Originally laid down as a wooden screw sloop, she was redesigned and completed as an ironclad, making her one of the first vessels of composite construction. She was designed by Edward Reed. She wa..
HMS Enterprise (A71)
The ninth HMS Enterprise (A 71) of the Royal Navy was an Inshore Survey ship built by M.W. Blackmore & Sons of Bedeford and commissioned in 1959. With her sister ships Echo and Egeria, Enterprise's career was spent in hydrographic surveys of the seas, sandbanks, and coastlines of the East Coast and..
HMS Enterprise (D52)
HMS Enterprise entering Portsmouth harbour March 1938 - note flying a paying-off pendant Career Built By: John Brown Shipbuilding & Engineering Company Ltd. (Clydebank, Scotland) Laid down: 28 June 1918 Launched: 23 December 1919 Commissioned: 7 April 1926 Reserve: In reserve b..
HMS Enterprise (H88)
Career Ordered: 19 June 2000 Laid down: Launched: 2 May 2002 Commissioned: 17 October 2003 Decommissioned: Fate: Active in service as of 2006. Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: 3470 tonnes Length: 90 m Beam: Draught: Propulsion: diesel-electric, three generators, t..
HMS Enterprize (1718)
The fourth HMS Enterprize, 44, of the Royal Navy was originally commissioned as Norwich, 50, a fourth-rate, in 1718. On May 23, 1744, while the captured sloop named Enterprize was still in commission, the Navy renamed Norwich to Enterprize while reducing her to a fifth-rate. She patrolled the Carib..
HMS Enterprize (1774)
The fifth HMS Enterprize (sometimes spelled Enterprise), 28, was the lead ship of a class of 27 sixth-rate frigates of the Royal Navy. Enterprise was built at Deptford, England, launched in August 1774, and was commissioned in April 1775 under the command of T. Rich. Enterprise served throughout ..
HMS Erebus
Five ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Erebus after Erebus, the dark region of Hades in Greek Mythology. The first Erebus was a rocket vessel built in 1807, converted to an 18-gun sloop in 1808, to a fire ship in 1809, and to a 24-gun sixth-rate in 1810. She was sold in 1819.The second Er..
HMS Erebus (1807)
HMS Erebus was a Royal Navy rocket vessel built in 1807, converted to an 18-gun sloop in 1808, to a fire ship in 1809, and to a 24-gun sixth-rate in 1810. She was sold in 1819. Under the command of David Ewen Bartholomew, Erebus was one of the ships involved in the bombardment of Fort McHenry in th..
HMS Erebus (1826)
HMS Erebus was a Hecla class bomb vessel designed by Sir Henry Peake and constructed by the Royal Navy in Pembroke Dockyard, Wales in 1826. The vessel was named after the dark region in Hades of Greek Mythology called Erebus. The 372-ton ship was armed with two mortars, one 13-inch and one 10-inch...
HMS Erebus (I02)
Career Ordered: Laid down: 12 October 1915 Launched: 19 June 1916 Commissioned: 2 September 1916 Fate: Scrapped July 1946 General Characteristics Displacement: 7200 BRT Length: 405 feet Beam: Draught: Propulsion: Reciprocating engines, 2 shafts, 6000 HP Speed: 12 knots Range: ..
HMS Erin
Sketches showing the transformation from Reshadiye to Erin Career Ordered: Laid down: 1 August 1911 Launched: 3 September 1913 Commissioned: August 1914 Decommissioned: December 1922 Fate: Scrapped Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: 27,500 tons normal30,250 tons full load ..
HMS Erne (U03)
HMS Erne (U03) was a Black Swan-class sloop laid down by Furness Shipbuilding at Barrow-in-Furness on May 26, 1938, launched on April 18, 1939 and commissioned on November 3, 1939. She takes her name like others in her class from birds, in this case a sea eagle, the Erne. Erne was reduced to a dr..
HMS Eskimo
Two ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Eskimo: Eskimo was a Tribal-class destroyer that served in World War II.Eskimo was a Tribal-class frigate. She was sunk as a target vessel in 1986. ..
HMS Eskimo (F119)
Career Ordered: Laid down: 22 October 1958 Launched: 20 March 1960 Commissioned: 21 February 1963 Decommissioned: August 1980 Fate: Sunk as target 1986 Struck: Motto: This is a page about an individual ship, for general information please see: Tribal class frigate HMS Eskimo (F119) ..
HMS Eskimo (F75)
HMS Eskimo (L-75/F-75/G-75) was a Tribal-class destroyer laid down by the High Walker Yard of Vickers Armstrong at Newcastle-on-Tyne on 5 August 1936, launched on 3 September 1937 and commissioned on 30 December 1938. Eskimo participated in the Second Battle of Narvik in April 1940, supported the Al..
HMS Essex
Five ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Essex, after the county of Essex. The first Essex was a 60-gun ship launched in 1653 and captured in the Four Days' Battle of 1666. The second Essex was a 70-gun third-rate launched in 1679, rebuilt 1700 and 1740, and wrecked at the battle of..
HMS Europa
HMS Europa, a ship of the Royal Navy, is named after the Greek mythological character Europa. ..
HMS Euryalus
Several ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Euryalus after Euryalus, the character from Greek mythology, one of the Argonauts. Euryalus, launched 1803, was a frigate. Captained by Henry Blackwood, she was at the Battle of Trafalgar, where she was Collingwood's flagship after the death of Ne..
HMS Euryalus (1803)
HMS Euryalus was a Royal Navy frigate of 36 guns, built at Bucklers Hard and launched in 1803. In 1805, captained by Henry Blackwood, she led the squadron of frigates watching Cádiz prior to the Battle of Trafalgar. The Franco-Spanish fleet left Cadiz on 20 October and the frigates shadowed them un..
HMS Euryalus (1853)
HMS Euryalus was a 35-gun wooden screw frigate of the Royal Navy. She was launched at Chatham in 1853, displaced 2,371 tons and had a complement of 515. She arrived at Yokohama on 14 September 1862, the date of the Namamugi Incident, and served as Admiral Sir Augustus Kuper's flagship during the bo..
HMS Euryalus (42)
HMS Euryalus leaving Valetta Harbour, Malta 1947 Career Built By: Chatham Dockyard Laid down: 21 October 1937 Launched: 6 June 1939 Commissioned: 30 June 1941 Decommissioned: 19 September 1954 Fate: Scrapped, Arrived at Blyth on 18 July 1959 to be scrapped by Hughes Bolkow...
HMS Euryalus (F15)
Career Ordered: Laid down: 2nd November 1961 Launched: 6th June 1963 Commissioned: 16th September 1964 Decommissioned: 31st March 1989 Fate: Sold for scrap 1990 Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: Length: Beam: Draught: Propulsion: Speed: Range: Complement: ..
HMS Example (P165)
Career Ordered: Laid down: Launched: 1985 Commissioned: 1994 Decommissioned: Fate: Active in service as of 2006. Struck: Motto: Badge: General Characteristics Displacement: 54 tons Length: 20 metres (66 ft) Beam: 5.8 metres Draught: 1.9 metres Propulsion & power: 2 x Pe..
HMS Excalibur
Career Ordered: August 26 1947 Laid down: na Launched: February 25 1955 Completed: February 22 1958 Commissioned: na Decommissioned: na Fate: Scrapped 1968 Struck: na General Characteristics Displacement: 780 tons surfaced 1,000 tons submerged Length: 178 feet (54.3 m) Beam: 15.7 fe..
HMS Excellent
There have been a number of real ships named HMS Excellent over the years, but since around 1920 the name has been associated with the Royal Naval Gunnery training School at Whale Island in Portsmouth Harbour. Apart from gunnery training it is responsible for teaching drill and has an unrivalled re..
HMS Exeter
Five ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Exeter after the city of Exeter in Devon. The first Exeter was a 70-gun third-rate. Launched in 1680, she was involved in the battle of Beachy Head against France in 1690. However, the ship suffered damage from an explosion the next year and was hul..
HMS Exeter (68)
Career Ordered: Laid down: 1 August 1928 Launched: 18 July 1929 Commissioned: 27 July 1931 Fate: Sunk 1 May 1942 Java Sea General Characteristics Displacement: Standard, 8,390 t; Full charge, 10,410 t Length: 175.25 m Beam: 17.58 m Draught: 6.17 m Propulsion: 8 boilers, Parsons gear..
HMS Exeter (D89)
Career Ordered: Laid down: 22 July 1976 Launched: 25 April 1978 Commissioned: 19 September 1980 Decommissioned: Fate: Active in service as of 2006. Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: 4,820 tonnes Length: 125 m (410 ft) Beam: 14.3 m (47 ft) Drau..
HMS Exmouth
A number of Royal Navy ships have been named HMS Exmouth, after the port of Exmouth, Devon. HMS Exmouth (1901) was a British battleship of the Duncan class between 1901 and 1917.HMS Exmouth (F84) was a Blackwood class frigate. ..
HMS Exmouth (F84)
This is a page about an individual ship, for general information please see: Blackwood class frigate HMS Exmouth, Pennant number F84, was a Royal Navy anti-submarine warfare frigate of the Blackwood class. She was refitted with gas turbine engines as part of the development of that powerplant for ..
HMS Explorer
Career Ordered: August 26 1947 Laid down: na Launched: March 5 1954 Completed: November 28 1956 Commissioned: na Decommissioned: na Fate: Scrapped March 5 1962 Struck: na General Characteristics Displacement: 780 tons surfaced 1,000 tons submerged Length: 178 feet (54.3 m) Beam: 15...
HMS Express (H61)
Career Ordered: 1931 Naval Programme Laid down: Launched: 29 May 1934 Commissioned: Fate: Scrapped 1955 Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: 1350-1405 tons standard1886-1940 tons deep Length: 318 ft 3 in (97 m) between perpendiculars329 ft (100.25 m) overall Beam: 33 ft 3 ..
HMS Fable
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HMS Fame
Several ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Fame: Fame known as the “FAME” of Watford, was a small vessel which joined or was taken by the Royalist Fleet under Prince Rupert of the Rhine in the spring of 1649. She was captured by the Parliamentarians in April or May 1649.HMS Fame - fift..
HMS Fame (1759)
HMS Fame was a British Royal Navy ship. She was a 3rd rate 74-gun ship of the line of 1,565 tons, launched at Deptford in 1759. Her dimensions were 165ft x 47ft x 19ft. She carried a crew of 600 men. In 1762, while in company with Lion, she captured the French 10-gun ship Ecureuil. In 1778, comm..
HMS Favorite (1864)
Career Laid down: August 23 1860 Launched: July 5 1864 Completed: March 17 1866 Sold to breakers: March 30 1886 Specification Displacement: 3,232 tons Length: 225 ft Beam: 46 ft 11 inches Draught: Light 20 ft, deep load 22ft 9 inches Engine: Humphreys & Tennant direct acting I.H.P.= 1,7..
HMS Fawn (A325)
Career Ordered: Laid down: Launched: 29 February 1968 at Brooke Marine, Lowestoft, England Commissioned: October 1968 Decommissioned: 1991 Fate: Sold for use in commercial surveying 1992. Renamed Red Fulmar Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: 1,160 tons maximum Length: ..
HMS Fearless
Seven ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Fearless: The first Fearless was a gun vessel, launched in 1794 and wrecked in 1804 in Plymouth Sound. The second Fearless was a "Gunbrig" which saw action at Copenhagen in 1807 before wrecked near Cadiz in 1812. The third Fearless was a wooden padd..
HMS Fearless (L10)
Career Ordered: Laid down: 25th July 1962 Launched: December 19th 1963 Commissioned: November 25th 1965 Decommissioned: March 18th 2002 Fate: Awaiting Disposal Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: 12,120 tons full load Length: 158.5 m Beam: 24.4 m Draught: 6.3 m Propulsi..
HMS Fencer (D64)
Career Ordered: Laid down: 5 September 1941 Launched: 4 April 1942 Commissioned (USN): 27 February 1943 Decommissioned (USN): Commissioned (RN): 27 February 1943 Decommissioned (RN): 21 December 1945 Fate: Sold as a merchant ship Struck: 28 January 1947 General Characteristics Di..
HMS Fife (D20)
Career Ordered: Laid down: 1 June 1962 Launched: 9 July 1964 Commissioned: 21 June 1966 Decommissioned: June 1987 Fate: Sold to Chile on 12 August 1987. Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: 6200 tons standard, 6800 tons full load Length: 158.9 m Beam: 16 m Draug..
HMS Fiji (C58)
HMS Fiji was a cruiser of the Royal Navy, named after the island of Fiji. Fiji was built by John Brown and launched 13 May 1939. She was sunk on 22 May 1941 in an air attack southwest of Crete. Crown Colony-class cruiser Royal Navy Bermuda | Ceylon | Fiji | Gambia | Jamaica | Kenya | Mauri..
HMS Finisterre (D55)
Career Ordered: Laid down: Launched: 22 June 1944 Commissioned: 11 September 1945 Decommissioned: 1965 Fate: Sold for scrap Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: Length: Beam: Draught: Propulsion: Speed: Range: Complement: Armament: Aircraft: Motto: HMS..
HMS Flamingo
Two ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Flamingo, after the flamingo bird. The first Flamingo was a composite screw gunvessel launched in 1876, sent to harbour service in 1893, and sold 1923. The second Flamingo (U03) was a Black Swan-class sloop. She was laid down by the Yarrow Shipbuildin..
HMS Fleetwood
Two ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Fleetwood. The first Fleetwood was a 150-ton Royalist ship captured by the Parliamentarians in 1655 and renamed Wexford. The second Fleetwood was a sloop launched in 1936 and broken up after 1959. The Ford of 1918 was also later named Fleetwood. Refe..
HMS Flint Castle (K383)
HMS Flint Castle (K383) was a Castle-class corvette of Britain's Royal Navy. She was named after Flint Castle in North East Wales. Built by Henry Robb Limited at Leith, she was laid down on 20 April 1943 and launched on 1 September 1943. Commissioned on 31 December 1944 she served with the Clyde ..
HMS Foresight (H68)
Career Ordered: 17 March 1933, 1933 Naval Programme Laid down: 21 July 1933 Launched: 29 June 1934 Commissioned: 15 May 1935 Fate: Sunk, Operation Pedestal, August 1942 Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: 1350-1405 tons standard1886-1940 tons deep Length: 318 ft 3 in (97 m) ..
HMS Forest Moor
HMS Forest Moor was a Royal Navy land base. Its primary function was to route HF signals from bases abroad to UK military bases in the UK and was manned by a small group of Royal Naval radio operators and electricians (approximately six to a shift), it was opened in 1960 and transferred to VT Comm..
HMS Formidable
At least four ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Formidable. The first HMS Formidable was an 80-gun ship of the line captured from the French at the Battle of Quiberon Bay in 1759. The second HMS Formidable was a 90-gun second rate ship of the line which fought at the Battle of Ushant (177..
HMS Formidable (R67)
HMS Formidable, circa 1944 Career Ordered: Laid down: 17 June 1937 Launched: 17 August 1939 Commissioned: 24 November 1940 Decommissioned: 1947 Fate: Scrapped 1956. Struck: 1953 General Characteristics Displacement: 28,661 tons full load Length: 743.75 ft (227 m) Beam: 95 ft (29 m) ..
HMS Forth
HMS Forth, Malta, 1959 HMS Forth, pennant number A187, was a submarine depot ship adapted to operate and maintain the Royal Navy's nuclear-powered subamarines. She was completed in 1939. ..
HMS Fox
Fifteen vessels of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Fox, after the fox. The first Fox was a 22-gun ship captured from the French in 1650 and expended as a fire ship in 1656.The second Fox was a 14-gun ship captured in 1658 and expended as a fire ship in 1666.The third Fox was an 8-gun fir..
HMS Foxhound
Six ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Foxhound: The first Foxhound was an 18-gun brig-sloop launched in 1806 that sank in 1809 in the Atlantic.The second Foxhound was originally the French 16-gun sloop Basque captured in 1809 and sold in 1816.A 10-gun brig-sloop launch named Foxhound was ..
HMS Fox (1780)
HMS Fox was Launched in 1780 at Bursledon, Hampshire by George Parsons. Wrecking of the ship around Dog Island Florida, with Lt. William Woodbridge as commander, in 1799. ..
HMS Fox (1893)
Career Ordered: Laid down: Launched: 15 June 1893 Commissioned: 1896 Decommissioned: March 1919 Fate: Sold for scrap 1920 Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: 4,360 tons loaded Length: 320 feet Beam: 49 ft 6 in Draught: 19 ft Propulsion: 2 shaft, 3 cycle TE, 8 cylinder ..
HMS Fox (A320)
Career Ordered: Laid down: Launched: 6 November 1967 at Brooke Marine, Lowestoft, England Commissioned: 11 July 1968 Decommissioned: 1998 Fate: Sold for use in commercial surveying 1989 Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: 1,160 tons maximum Length: 57.7 metres Beam: 13 m..
HMS Frolic
Five vessels of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Frolic. The first Frolic was an 18-gun brig-sloop in service from 1806 to 1813. See also Capture of HMS Frolic.The second Frolic was a 10-gun brig-sloop launched in 1820 and sold 1838.The third Frolic was a 16-gun sloop launched in 1842 and..
HMS Furious
Five vessels of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Furious: Furious, launched 1797, was a 12-gun gunvessel.Furious, launched 1804, was a 12-gun gun-brig.Furious, launched 1850, was a wooden-hulled paddle frigate.Furious, launched 1896, was an Arrogant-class second class protected cruiser.Fu..
HMS Furious (47)
See HMS Furious for other Royal Navy ships of this name. Career Laid down:8 June 1915 Launched:15 August 1916 Commissioned:26 June 1917 Fate:Scrapped, starting 15 March 1948 Specifications Displacement:22,000 tons Length:750 ft (229 m) waterline786 ft (240 m) overall Beam:88 ft (26.8 m) Draft:2..
HMS Fury (1814)
HMS Fury was a Hecla-class bomb vessel. Built in the 1810's, she saw wartime service in an attack on Barbary pirates at Algiers in August, 1816. Later, she was converted to an Arctic exploration ship. The Fury made two journeys to the Arctic under the command of William Edward Parry. Both voyage..
HMS G9
HMS G9 was a British G class submarine, one of eight British submarines lost to "friendly fire" in World War I. Commanded by Lieutenant Commander The Hon. Byron Plantagenet Cary, Bt. [link], she was sunk by the destroyer HMS Pasley after mistaking Pasley for a U-boat in foul weather on t..
HMS Gabbard (D47)
Career Ordered: Laid down: 2 February 1944 Launched: 16 March 1945 Commissioned: 10 December 1946 Decommissioned: 1953 from Royal Navy Fate: Sold to Pakistan Navy. Renamed Badr Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: 2,480 tons standard / 3,430 tons full load Length: 379 ft ..
HMS Gaiete
HMS Gaiete The Gaiete (also found Gayette) was a French sloop of twenty guns captured by HMS Arethusa off Bermuda in 1797. Commissioned in the Royal Navy, she was commanded by Edward Dunford King (who made post captain in 1801) and had a cruise to the West Indies in 1798-99. ..
HMS Galatea
HMS Galatea, after the Galatea of mythology, has been the name of eight ships in the British Royal Navy. The first Galatea was a 20-gun sixth-rate launched in 1776 and broken up in 1783.The second Galatea was a 32-gun fifth-rate launched in 1797 and broken up 1809.The third Galatea was a 36-gun fif..
HMS Galatea (1797)
Career Ordered: Laid down: Launched: 17 May 1797 Commissioned: Decommissioned: Fate: Broken up May 1809 General Characteristics Displacement: 808 tons Length: 135 ft Beam: 36.5 ft Draught: Propulsion: sail Speed: Complement: Armament: 32 cannon HMS Galatea, 32 was a fift..
HMS Galatea (1887)
HMS Galatea was an Orlando-class first-class cruiser built in Glasgow, and launched on March 10, 1887 and sold for scrapping on April 5, 1905. General characteristics Displacement: 5600 tonsLength: 300 ft (91 m)Beam: 56 ft (17 m)Draft: 22.5 ft (6.9 m) meanComplement: 484Armament: two 22 ton 9.2 in..
HMS Galatea (1914)
HMS Galatea was an Arethusa-class light cruiser launched on May 14, 1914 at William Beardmore and Company shipyard. At the battle of Jutland, she was the flagship of the First Light Cruiser Squadron under Commodore E.S. Alexander-Sinclair. She was the first ship to report the presence of German sh..
HMS Galatea (71)
HMS Galatea in 1941 Career Built By: Scotts Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. (Greenock, Scotland) Laid down: 2 June 1933 Launched: 9 August 1934 Commissioned: 14 August 1935 Fate: Sunk, 14 December 1941 by a salvo of torpedoes from U-557, off Alexandria (470 lost). She sank in t..
HMS Galatea (F18)
Career Ordered: Laid down: 29th December 1961 Launched: 23rd May 1963 Commissioned: 25th April 1964 Decommissioned: 31st January 1987 Fate: Sunk as target 21st July 1988 General Characteristics Displacement: 2,450 tons Length: 372 ft Beam: 41 ft Draught: 18 ft Propulsion: Twin oil ..
HMS Gallant (H59)
HMS Gallant (H59) was a G-class destroyer of the Royal Navy laid down by the Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Limited, at Govan in Scotland on 15 September 1934, launched on 26 September 1935 and completed on 25 February 1936. Gallant struck a mine off Pantellaria on 5 April 1942 and ..
HMS Gambia (C48)
HMS Jamaica, similar to the HMS Gambia Crown Colony class General Characteristics Displacement: 8,000t Dimensions: 555.6ft x 62ft x 16.6ft (169m x 18.9m x 5.0m) Armament: 12-(Ceylon class 9-)6in (152mm)8-4in (102mm)8 (Ceylon class 12-)2pdr (37mm/40mm)20-Oerlikon 20 mm guns6-21in (533..
HMS Ganges
Two ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Ganges after the river Ganges in India. The first Ganges was a 74-gun 3rd rate ship of the line launched in 1782 and broken up in 1816. The second Ganges was an 84-gun 2nd rate launched in 1821 and finally broken up in 1930. She is notable fo..
HMS Ganges (1782)
HMS Ganges was an 74-gun 3rd rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy launched on March 30 1782 on the Thames. She was the first ship of the Navy to bear the name. She was begun in April 1780, at Blackwall on the Thames, and completed some two years later. She had a company of some 590 men. She saw..
HMS Ganges (1821)
HMS Ganges was an 84-gun 2nd rate of the Royal Navy launched on November 10 1821 at Bombay Dockyard. She is notable for being the last sailing ship of the Navy to serve as a flagship, and was the second ship to have borne the name. Admiralty orders of June 5th 1816 directed her to be built as a fac..
HMS Gannet
There have been nine vessels of the Royal Navy named HMS Gannet, after the seabird: HMS Gannet, a wooden sloop commissioned in 1800 and sold in 1814HMS Gannet, a cruiser launched in 1814 and paid off in 1838HMS Gannet, a sloop launched in 1857 and broken up in 1887HMS Gannet, a sloop launched in 18..
HMS Gannet (1878)
HMS Gannet was a Royal Navy Osprey class screw sloop launched on August 31 1878. The ship was classified as both a sloop of war and as a colonial cruiser. Designed by Sir Nathaniel Barnaby, and built at Sheerness Royal Dockyard, the ship displaced 1130 tons and was capable of attaining 12 knots unde..
HMS Garland
Fifteen ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Garland. The name dates back to 1242, being the oldest confirmed ship name in the Royal Navy. The 14th Garland was an Acasta-class destroyer built by Cammell Laird and launched in 1913 that fought at the battle of Jutland.The 15th Garland (H37) wa..
HMS Geranium
HMS Geranium, a ship of the Royal Navy, is named after the flower geranium. ..
HMS Ghurka
Also spelled as Gurkha "Tribal class" destroyer built 1907 880 ton 255ft Displacement: 1000 tons Armament: five 12 pounders Speed: 33 knots Sunk 8th Feb 1917 after hitting a german mine only five of the crew survived The wreck is located at a depth of 30 metres 50 55.80N:0053.17E It i..
HMS Gibraltar
Seven ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Gibraltar, after the colony of Gibraltar. The first Gibraltar was a 20-gun sixth-rate built in 1711, rebuilt 1727, and sold 1748. It was the first command of John Byng, who was afterwards to be court-martialled and executed in the opening st..
HMS Gibraltar (1892)
Career Ordered: Laid down: Launched: 1892 Commissioned: Fate: Sold General Characteristics Displacement: 7,350 tons Length: 360 ft Beam: 60 ft Draught: 24 Propulsion: 2 shafts, 12,000 hp Speed: 20 knots Range: Complement: Armament: HMS Gibraltar, was an Edgar c..
HMS Gipsy (H63)
HMS Gipsy (H63) was a G-class destroyer of the Royal Navy laid down by the Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Limited, at Govan in Scotland on 5 September 1934, launched on 7 November 1935 and completed on 22 February 1936. Gipsy struck a mine and sank off Harwich on the east coast of E..
HMS Gladiator
There has been at least one ship named HMS Gladiator HMS Gladiator (1896) ..
HMS Gladiator (1896)
HMS Gladiator, was a "second-class" or light cruiser of the Royal Navy, launched in December 1896 at Portsmouth. She was an Arrogant-class cruiser rated at 5,750 tons displacement, with a crew of 250 officers and men. She had three distinctive stacks amidships with a conspicuous bridge well forwar..
HMS Gladiolus (K34)
HMS Gladiolus (K34) was the first of 225 Flower-class corvettes built during World War II. She was laid down at Smiths Dock on the River Tees in the United Kingdom, on October 19, 1939, launched on 24 January 1940, and commissioned on April 6, 1940. Gladiolus was involved in the sinking of the Typ..
HMS Glamorgan (D19)
Career Ordered: Laid down: 13 September 1962 Launched: 9 July 1964 Commissioned: 11 October 1966 Decommissioned: 1986 Fate: Sold to Chile in September 1986. Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: 6200 tons full load Length: 520 ft (159 m) Beam: 53 ft Draught:..
HMS Glasgow
Eight ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Glasgow after the city in Scotland. The first Glasgow was a 20 gun 6th rate Scottish ship of the line, transferred to the Royal Navy in 1707, and sold in 1719.The second Glasgow was 24 gun 6th rate launched in 1745 and sold in 1756.The third Glasgow..
HMS Glasgow (1909)
HMS Glasgow, the sixth ship of that name, was launched on the Clyde at Govan in 1909 and was a Town-class light cruiser of 4800 tons, capable of around 26 knots. In World War I, in the South Atlantic in November 1914, she saw action at the Battle of Coronel, when, together with the cruisers HMS Go..
HMS Glasgow (C21)
Career Ordered: Laid Down: 16 April 1935 Launched: 20 June 1936 Commissioned: 9 September 1937 Decommissioned: November 1956 Fate: Sold for scrap July 1958 General Characteristics Displacement: 11,540 tons Length: 591.6 ft (180.3 m) Beam: 62.3 ft (19.0 m) Draught..
HMS Glasgow (D88)
Career Ordered: Laid down: 16 May 1974 Launched: 14 April 1976 Commissioned: 25 May 1977 Decommissioned: 1 February 2005 Fate: Awaiting Disposal Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: 4,820 tonnes Length: 125 m (410 ft) Beam: 14.3 m (47 ft) Draught:..
HMS Glatton
Four ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Glatton. The first Glatton was a 56-gun fourth-rate, originally an East Indiaman purchased in 1795 and converted. Participated in the 1797 Battle of Camperdown, and the 1801 Battle of Copenhagen. Converted to a water depot in 1814 and sunk a..
HMS Glatton (1795)
HMS Glatton was a 56-gun fourth rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy. Originally an East Indiaman, she was bought by the Royal Navy in 1795, and converted into a warship. She was commanded by Henry Trollope when she fought in the Battle of Camperdown, in 1797. She was commanded by Captain Willi..
HMS Glatton (1871)
Career Laid down: August 10 1868 Launched: March 8 1871 Completed: February 24 1872 Broken up: 1903 Specification Displacement: 4,912 tons Length: 245 ft Beam: 54 ft Draught: 18 ft 5 inches light, 19 ft 5 inches deep load Engine: Two-shaft Laird I.H.P. = 2,870 Speed: 12.11 knots Compl..
HMS Gleaner (H86)
Career Ordered: Laid down: Launched: Commissioned: 5 December 1983 Decommissioned: Fate: Active in service as of 2006. Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: Length: 16m Beam: 4.55m Draught: 1.6m Propulsion: 2 x Volvo Penta TAMD 22P diesel engines Speed: Range: C..
HMS Glorious
As a battlecruiserAs an aircraft carrier Career Ordered: 14 March 1915 Laid down: 1 May 1915 Launched: 20 April 1916 Commissioned: January 1917(completed 14 October 1916) Converted to aircraft carrier: February 1924 to March 1930 Fate: Sunk by Scharnhorst and Gneisenau during the evacuatio..
HMS Glory
Several ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Glory: Glory, 32 was a fifth-rate broken up in 1786.Glory was formerly Gloire, a French ship captured in 1781.Glory, 90 was a second-rate converted to a prison ship in 1809 and broken up in 1825.Glory, launched in 1899, was a Canopus-class battles..
HMS Glory (R62)
Career Laid down: 8 November 1942 Launched: 27 November 1943 Commissioned: 2 April 1945 Fate: Scrapped 1961 Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: 13,400 tons Length: 695 ft (211.8 m) Beam: 80 ft (24.4 m) Draught: 23.5 ft (7.2 m) Propulsion: Steam Turbines 4 Admiralty 3-drum..
HMS Gloucester
Eleven vessels, and one planned, of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Gloucester, after Gloucester, the city in England. The first Gloucester was a 54-gun ship launched in 1654 and wrecked in 1682.The second Gloucester was a 60-gun fourth-rate launched in 1695, on harbour service after 170..
HMS Gloucester (D96)
Career Ordered: Laid down: 29 October 1979 Launched: 2 November 1982 Commissioned: 11 September 1985 Decommissioned: Fate: Active in service as of 2006. Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: 5,200 tonnes Length: 141 m (462.5 ft) Beam: 15.2 m (50 ft..
HMS Glowworm
Two Royal Navy ships called HMS Glowworm are known to Wikipedia: HMS Glowworm (1915), an Insect class gunboat, launched 1915HMS Glowworm (H92), a G-class destroyer, sunk 8 April 1940 ..
HMS Glowworm (H92)
This does not cite its [[Opentopia:Citing sources|references or sources]]. You can [[Opentopia:WikiProject Fact and Reference Check|help]] Wikipedia by introducing appropriate citations. HMS Glowworm (H92) was a G-class destroyer laid down by John I. Thornycroft and Company at Woolston in Southamp..
HMS Gnat
Four ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Gnat after the insect. The first Gnat was a Cheerful class gunboat built at Laird's shipyard and launched on 10 May 1856. She was broken up in August 1864.The second Gnat was a composite screw gunvessel launched at Pembroke Dockyard on 26 Nov..
HMS Gnat (T60)
HMS Gnat was a Royal Navy Insect class gunboat. She was built by Lobnitz and launched in 1915. During the First World War, Gnat took part in the Mesopotamian Campaign as part of the gunboat squadron operating on the Euphrates and Tigris rivers. During the Second World War, Gnat was at China until..
HMS Goliath
A number of ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Goliath after the Biblical giant, Goliath. Goliath was a 74-gun third-rate that fought in the Battle of the Nile. Goliath was a battleship launched in 1898 and sunk by the Turkish torpedo boat Muavenet in 1915. ..
HMS Goliath (1898)
Career Ordered: Laid down: 4 January 1897 Launched: 23 March 1898 Commissioned: 27 March 1900 Fate: Torpedoed and sunk, 12 May 1915 Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: 12,950 tons Length: 390 ft (118.9 m) Beam: 74 ft (22.6 m) Draught: 25 ft (7.6 m) Propulsion: 2 shaf..
HMS Goodson (K480)
HMS Goodson (K480), originally USS George (DE-276), was named after Eugene Frank George, born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, 23 April 1925. He enlisted in the Navy on 18 May 1942, and reported for duty on the heavy cruiser San Francisco at Pearl Harbor on 17 July. As an antiaircraft gunner, he partici..
HMS Good Hope
Three ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Good Hope. The first Good Hope, 35, was captured by the French in May 1665.The second Good Hope, 6, was a flyboat captured from the Dutch in 1665 and sold in 1667.The third Good Hope was an armoured cruiser launched in 1901 and sunk in 1914 ..
HMS Good Hope (1901)
Career Ordered: Laid down: 11 September 1899 at Fairfield Shipyard, Govan, Scotland Launched: 21 February 1901 Commissioned: Fate: Sunk at the battle of Coronel 1 November 1914 Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: 14,100 tons Length: 529.5 ft (161.4 m) overall, 515 ft (157 ..
HMS Gorgon
Several ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Gorgon. Gorgon sailed to New South Wales in 1791Gorgon was a steam frigate launched in 1837 and broken up in 1864.Gorgon was a coast defence ship, launched on July 18 1871 and broken up in 1903.Gorgon was a coast defence ship, originally t..
HMS Gorgon (1791)
HMS Gorgon was a 44 gun 5th rate frigate of 911 tons, converted to a storeship. Under Captain John Parker she went to New South Wales in March 1791, about the time of the Third Fleet, arriving on 21 September. She carried six months provisions for 900 people in the starving colony and Watkin Te..
HMS Gorgon (1837)
''Please see HMS Gorgon for other ships of the British Royal Navy named HMS Gorgon HMS Gorgon was a steam frigate of 6 guns. She was launched in 1837 and broken up in 1864. She had a deplacement of 1,610 tons. ..
HMS Gorgon (1914)
HMS Gorgon HMS Gorgon was a Gorgon-class monitor of the Royal Navy. The ship was launched June 9, 1914 and sold for scrap in August 1928. See HMS Gorgon for other ships of the same name. ..
HMS Göta Lejon
HMS Göta Lejon Career Ordered: Laid down: Launched: November 17, 1945 Commissioned: December 15, 1947 Decommissioned: July 1, 1970 Fate: Sold to Chile renamed Almirante Latorre Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: 8,200/9,200 tons Length: 182 metres Beam: 16,7 metres..
HMS Gotland
There have been at least two ships of the Swedish Navy named HMS Gotland. Gotland itself is an island in the Baltic Sea belonging to Sweden. HMS Gotland (Gtd) - a Gotland class attack submarine launched in 1995 and as of 2005 in active service.HMS Gotland - a seaplane cruiser launched in 1933, and ..
HMS Gotland (cruiser)
HMS Gotland Flag Type Initially seaplane cruiser, converted to anti-aircraft cruiser Class Gotland class cruiser (the only of her class) Laid down 1930 Launched 14 September 1933 Commissioned 14 December 1934 Decommissioned 1956 Stricken 1960 Sold 1962 Status ..
HMS Gotland (Gtd)
HMS Gotland is an attack submarine of the Swedish Navy. It is the first ship of its class, the Gotland class, which is the first operational submarine class in the world to use air-independent propulsion (AIP). She was built by Kockums and was launched in 1995, and commissioned in 1996. The AI..
HMS Grace Dieu
HMS Grace Dieu was the name held, in many variations, by Royal Navy ships, including: Grace Dieu - Henry V of EnglandHarry Grace a Dieu - Henry VIII of England See also See Grace Dieu (disambiguation) for other, non-nautical Grace-Dieu ..
HMS Grafton
Nine ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Grafton: The first Grafton was a 70-gun third-rate ship of the line launched in 1679, rebuilt in 1700, and captured by the French in 1707.The second Grafton was a fire ship purchased in 1694 and sold in 1696.The third Grafton was a 70-gun third rate,..
HMS Grafton (F80)
Career Ordered: January 1992 Laid down: 13 May 1993 Launched: 5 November 1994 Commissioned: 29 May 1997 Decommissioned: Fate: Active in service as of 2006. Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: 4,900 tonnes Length: 133 m (463 ft) Beam: 16.1 m (52.9 ft) Draught: 7.3 m Prop..
HMS Grafton (H89)
HMS Grafton (H89) was a G-class destroyer laid down by John I. Thornycroft and Company at Woolston in Southampton on 30 August 1934, launched on 18 September 1935 and completed on 20 March 1936. Grafton was torpedoed by the enemy German submarine U-62 and sank in the North Sea off Nieuport in Belgiu..
HMS Grampus
Ten vessels of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Grampus after two members of the dolphin family (Delphinidae): Grampus griseus, also known as Risso's Dolphin, and Orcinus orca, also known as the Killer Whale. The first Grampus was a 14-gun sloop launched in 1731. She foundered in the English Chan..
HMS Grampus (1802)
HMS Grampus was a 50-gun ship of the line of the Royal Navy. She was commissioned at Portsmouth by Captain T. Gordon Caulfield in March 1803 and was ordered to the Downs on May 7. As soon as her complement of men was completed and her bounty paid she sailed to join Admiral Thornborough's squadron of..
HMS Grampus (1910)
HMS Grampus was a Beagle-class destroyer of the Royal Navy and originally named HMS Nautilus when she was commissioned on March 30, 1910. She was renamed Grampus on December 16, 1913, her former name being reallocated to the first Royal Navy submarine to be given one. During World War I, Grampus ..
HMS Grampus (N56)
HMS Grampus (N56) was a submarine of the Royal Navy, the lead ship of her class. She was built at Chatham Dockyard and launched February 25, 1936. She served off China before moving to the Mediterranean Sea. On June 16, 1940, under the command of Lieutenant-Commander C. A. Rowe, Grampus was laying..
HMS Grampus (S04)
HMS Grampus (S04) was a Porpoise-class submarine. Her keel was laid down in 1955 by Cammell Laird at Birkenhead. She was commissioned in 1958. On April 1, 1963, Grampus returned to Gosport after spending three weeks under the polar icecap looking for holes in the ice. During the patrol it superfici..
HMS Graph (P715)
Unterseeboot 570 was a Type VIIC submarine of the Kriegsmarine that was captured and commissioned into the Royal Navy as HMS Graph (P715). She was the only German submarine to be taken into Allied service and to fight for both sides in World War II. She was laid down by Blohm & Voss at Hamburg on..
HMS Grasshopper
HMS Grasshopper, was the name given to several boats, stations and ships of the Royal Navy. Launched in 1806, the first Grasshopper was a 16-gun brig of 383 tons captured in heavy weather off the Dutch island of Texel. On Christmas Day 1811 she was in convoy with the Hero and a transport Archimedes..
HMS Gravelines (D24)
Career Ordered: Laid down: 10 August 1943 Launched: 30 November 1944 Commissioned: 14 June 1946 Decommissioned: ? Fate: Sold for scrap Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: Length: Beam: Draught: Propulsion: Speed: Range: Complement: Armament: Aircraft: ..
HMS Grenade (H86)
HMS Grenade (H86) was a G-class destroyer of the Royal Navy laid down by Alexander Stephen and Sons at Linthouse in Scotland on 3 October 1934, launched on 12 November 1935 and completed on 28 March 1936. Grenade was attacked by German Ju-87 dive bombers as she evacuated Allied troops during the Bat..
HMS Grenville
Two [[Royal Navy ships called HMS Grenville are known to Wikipedia: HMS Grenville (H03), a G-class destroyer launched on 15 August 1935 and sunk 19 January 1940.HMS Grenville (R97), a U class destroyer, launched 12th October 1942, and disposed of in 1979. This is a [disambiguationdisambiguat..
HMS Grenville (H03)
HMS Grenville (H03), named for Vice Admiral Sir Richard Grenville (1541–1591), was a G-class destroyer laid down by the Yarrow Shipbuilding Company, Limited, at Scotstoun in Glasgow on 29 September 1934, launched on 15 August 1935 and completed on 1 July 1936. Grenville struck a mine and sank ..
HMS Grenville (R97)
This HMS Grenville was the second ship of the name to serve with the Royal Navy in World War II. HMS Grenville and seven other U class destroyers were ordered as part of the Emergency Programme. She was launched at Swan Hunter and Wigham Richardson Ltd., Wallsend-on-Tyne on 12 Oct, 1942 and commissi..
HMS Greyhound
Sixteen different ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Greyhound, after the greyhound, a breed of dog notable for its speed. The first Greyhound was a 45-gun ship built in 1545, rebuilt 1558, and wrecked 1563.The second Greyhound was a ship in service in 1585.The third Greyhound was ..
HMS Greyhound (H05)
HMS Greyhound (H05) was a G-class destroyer laid down by Vickers Armstrong Naval Construction Works at Barrow-in-Furness on 20 September 1934, launched on 15 August 1935 and completed on 31 January 1936. Greyhound participated in the Battle of Cape Matapan in March 1941. Greyhound was attacked by en..
HMS Griffin (H31)
HMS Griffin (H31) was a G-class destroyer of the Royal Navy laid down by Vickers Armstrong Naval Construction Works at Barrow-in-Furness on 20 September 1934, launched on 15 August 1935 and commissioned on 6 June 1936. Griffin participated in the Battle of Cape Matapan in March 1941 and the evacuati..
HMS Guardian
Three ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Guardian: The first Guardian, launched in 1784, was a 44-gun frigate, converted to a transport ship. In 1789, while transporting convicts to Australia, she was wrecked on an iceberg in the Southern Ocean.The second Guardian, launched in 1932, was a ..
HMS Guardian (1784)
HMS Guardian was a ship of the Royal Navy. She was built in 1784 as a 44-gun frigate but, with her lower tier of guns removed, she was converted to a storeship. On 12 September 1789 she sailed from Spithead, under the command of Lieutenant Edward Riou, with 1,003 short tons (910 tonnes) of provisio..
HMS Guardian (1932)
HMS Guardian was a World War II-era net laying and photographic ship built in 1932 and scrapped in 1962. Her sister ship, Protector, was built in 1936 and scrapped 1970. Guardian served in the Indian Ocean between 1941 and 1942; she took part in the invasion of Madagascar and helped build a base in..
HMS Guerriere
Two ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Guerriere. The first Guerriere was a 74-gun third-rate ship of the line, originally the French ship Peuple Souverain, captured on 2 July 1798 at the Battle of the Nile. She was used as a sheer hulk from 1800 and broken up in 1810.The second Guerriere ..
HMS Guerriere (1806)
HMS Guerriere was a British 3-masted sail frigate of 38 guns captured from the French, and commanded by Captain James R. Dacres when she met the Constitution in her last battle on 19 August 1812. During the battle she was dis-masted, taken and burned. In battle and losing it ..
HMS Gurkha
Four ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Gurkha, after a people who originate in Nepal and who serve with distinction in the British Army as part of the Brigade of Gurkhas. The first ship of the name was a destroyer that served with the Dover Patrol.The second Gurkha (L20/F20) was a Tribal-..
HMS Gurkha (F122)
Career Ordered: Laid down: 3 November 1958 Launched: 11 July 1960 Commissioned: 13 February 1963 Decommissioned: 30 March 1984 Fate: Sold to Indonesia Struck: Motto: This is a page about an individual ship, for general information please see: Tribal class frigate HMS Gurkha (F122) w..
HMS Gurkha (F20)
HMS Gurkha (L-20/F-20) was a Tribal-class destroyer laid down by the Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Limited, at Govan in Scotland on 6 July 1936, launched on 7 July 1937 and commissioned on 21 October 1938. Gurkha served with the 1st Destroyer Flotilla in the Mediterranean, on North..
HMS Gurkha (G63)
HMS Gurkha (F63/G63) was an L class destroyer in Britain's Royal Navy during World War II. She was originally to be named Larne in line with her class letter. However after the Tribal-class Gurkha was sunk in April 1940 the officers and men of the Gurkha Regiments each subscribed one day's pay to r..
HMS Gustav V
Career Constructor Kockums, Malmö Launched: 15 September 1917 Commissioned: 5 December 1921 Struck: 1 April 1957 Fate: Scrapped 1959 General Characteristics Displacement: 6,842 t standard; 7,663 t full load Length: 120.9 m waterline 121.6 m overall Width: 18.63 m Draft: 6.25 m..
HMS Halcyon
Six vessels of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Halcyon. The first Halcyon was the French 16-gun brig-sloop Alcion, captured in 1803, and broken up 1812. The second Halcyon was an 18-gun brig-sloop launched in 1813 and wrecked the following year in Jamaica. The third Halcyon was a torpedo..
HMS Halcyon (1894)
HMS Halcyon was the lead ship of the Halcyon class torpedo gunboats also known as the Dryad class. They were modest sized vessels (about 1,000 tons) with a crew of 120 capable of around 18 knots. She was equipped with four 6-pounder guns, 1 x Nordenfeldt machine gun and five torpedo tubes See HMS..
HMS Halcyon (1933)
HMS Halcyon was a Halcyon class minesweeper built for the Royal Navy in 1933. She was the lead vessel in the class. Her pennant number was J.42. Halcyon was built by John Brown Shipbuilding & Engineering Company Ltd., at Clydebank, in Scotland. She was laid down on 27th March, 1933 and launched on ..
HMS Halifax
HMS Halifax, British Royal Navy. USS Ranger was renamed HMS Halifax after the ship was captured along with USS Providence and USS Boston from the United States Navy on May 11, 1780, after the fall of Charleston, South Carolina during the American War of Independence. She was decommissioned the fol..
HMS Hampshire
Six ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Hampshire after the county of Hampshire: The first Hampshire was a 46-gun ship launched in 1653 and sunk in 1697 in action with the French ship Pelican in Hudson Bay during the War of the Grand Alliance.The second Hampshire was a 48-gun fourth-rate la..
HMS Hampshire (1903)
Career Ordered: Laid down: Launched: 4 September 1903 Commissioned: 1905 Fate: Sunk Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: 10,850 tons (11,020 t) Length: 473.5 ft (144 m) Beam: 68.5 ft (20.9 m) Draught: 24 ft (7.3 m) Propulsion: Speed: 22 kt (41 km/h) Range: Comp..
HMS Hampshire (D06)
Career Ordered: Laid down: 26 March 1959 Launched: 16 March 1961 Commissioned: 15 March 1963 Decommissioned: 1976 Fate: Sold for scrap in 1979 Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: Length: Beam: 53 ft Draught: Propulsion: COSAG (Combination of Steam and Gas) turbi..
HMS Hannibal
H.M.S. Hannibal was a 74-gun third-rate vessel, well known for being run aground and captured during the first part of the Battle of Algeciras[link]. She was unable to be repaired quickly enough to take part in the eventual defeat of the Franco-Spanish squadron several days later. ..
HMS Hardy
Four destroyers of the Royal Navy have been named for Vice Admiral Sir Thomas Masterman Hardy (1769-1839), captain of HMS Victory during the Battle of Trafalgar. The first Hardy was a Havock (A) class destroyer laid down by the Northumberland Shipbuilding Company, Limited, of William Doxford and So..
HMS Hardy (1936)
HMS Hardy was a Royal Navy destroyer flotilla leader of the H Class destroyers, laid down by Cammell Laird and Company at Birkenhead on 30 May 1935, launched on 7 April 1936 and commissioned on 11 December 1936. Her pennant number was H87, but as she spent her entire career as a flotilla leader she ..
HMS Hardy (F54)
HMS Keppel, a Blackwood class frigate. This is a page about an individual ship, for general information please see: Blackwood class frigate HMS Hardy, Pennant number F54, was an anti-submarine warfare frigate of the Blackwood class. See HMS Hardy for other ships of this name. Blackwood-cl..
HMS Hasty (H24)
HMS Hasty (H24) was an H-class destroyer of the Royal Navy laid down by William Denny, Brothers and Company, Limited, of Dumbarton in Scotland on 15 April 1935, launched on 5 May 1936 and commissioned on 11 November 1936. Hasty participated in the Battle of Calabria and the Battle of Cape Spada in J..
HMS Havock
Six vessels of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Havock, including: Havock, launched in 1893, the lead ship of her class of destroyers, the first design of torpedo boat destroyers. She was broken up in 1912.Havock (H43), launched in 1936, was an H-class destroyer that served in World War II and wa..
HMS Havock (1893)
HMS Havock was a Havock-class torpedo boat destroyer of the Royal Navy. She had a 240 tons displacement, a speed of 27 knots, and was armed with a single 12-pounder gun, three 6-pounders, and three torpedo tubes. Havock was launched on 12 August 1893. Her sea trials on 28 October 1893 were succes..
HMS Havock (H43)
HMS Havock (H43) was an H-class destroyer of the Royal Navy laid down by William Denny, Brothers and Company, Limited, of Dumbarton in Scotland on 15 May 1935, launched on 7 July 1936 and commissioned on 18 January 1937. Havock participated in the First Battle of Narvik in April 1940, the Battle of..
HMS Hawke (1891)
Career Ordered: Laid down: Launched: 1891 Commissioned: 1891 Fate: Sunk 1914 General Characteristics Displacement: 7,350 tons Length: 360 ft Beam: 60 ft Draught: 24 Propulsion: 2 shafts, 12,000 hp Speed: 20 knots Range: Complement: Armament: HMS Hawke, launche..
HMS Hebe
Five ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Hebe, after the Greek goddess Hebe. The first Hebe was a French 38-gun fifth-rate captured in 1782, renamed Blonde in 1805, and broken up in 1811. The second Hebe was a 32-gun fifth-rate in service from 1804 to 1813. The third Hebe was a 46-gun fifth..
HMS Hebe (1936)
HMS Hebe was a Halcyon class minesweeper that saw service in the Royal Navy in the Second World War. She was built at the Devonport Dockyard and she was commissioned in 1936. Her penant number was N 24, later J 24. HMS Hebe served during the evacuation of Dunkirk in 1940, and later saw service in t..
HMS Hecate (A137)
HMS Hecate (Penneant Number A137) was a Royal Navy deep ocean survey vessel of the Hecla Class. It was present at the "presentation of fleet colours" review in Torbay on 29 July 1969. The ship was decommissioned in 1990. Specifications Length: 260 ft (79 m)Beam: 49 ft (14.9 m)Displacement: 2800 t..
HMS Hecla
Seven ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Hecla, after the volcano Hekla in Iceland. The first Hecla was a 10-gun bomb vessel purchased in 1797. She participated in the Battle of Copenhagen (1801) and was broken up in 1813.The second Hecla, launched in 1815, was a Hecla-class bomb vessel; s..
HMS Hecla (1815)
HMS Hecla was a Royal Navy Hecla-class bomb vessel of 372 tons. Launched on July 15, 1815, she saw wartime service in an attack on Barbary pirates at Algiers in August, 1816. In 1819, she was converted to an Arctic exploration ship. The Hecla made three journeys to the Arctic in search of the No..
HMS Hecla (A133)
Career Ordered: Laid down: Launched: Commissioned: Decommissioned: Fate: Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: Length: Beam: Draught: Propulsion: Speed: Range: Complement: Armament: Aircraft: Motto: HMS Hecla was the lead ship of the Hecla class, a..
HMS Hector
Nine ships of the British Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Hector, named after the Trojan hero Hector in the Iliad. The first Hector was a 22-gun ship sold in 1656.The second Hector was a 30-gun ship sold in 1657.The third Hector was a 22-gun ship sunk by the Dutch Navy in 1665.The fourth Hector ..
HMS Hector (1862)
Career Laid down: March 1861 Launched: September 26 1862 Completed: February 22 1864 Broken up: 1905 Specification Displacement: 6,710 tons Length: 280 ft pp Beam: 56 ft 3 inches Draught: 25 ft Engines: Napier connecting-rod; I.H.P.=3,260 Sail: Barque-rig, sail area 24,500 sq. ft. ..
HMS Hedingham Castle
Two British Royal Navy warships have been named Hedingham Castle, after Hedingham Castle in Essex. They were both Castle-class corvettes built during the Second World War. Hedingham Castle (K491) was transferred to the Royal Canadian Navy before launching and renamed HMCS Orangeville. She was lau..
HMS Hedingham Castle (K529)
HMS Hedingham Castle (K529) was a Castle-class corvette of the Royal Navy named after Hedingham Castle in Essex. Shje was originally to have been called Gorey Castle (after Gorey Castle in Jersey). She was launched at John Crown & Sons Ltd. in Sunderland on 30 October 1944. In World War II she serv..
HMS Herald
Five ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Herald: The first Herald was a 20-gun sixth-rate launched in 1806 and broken up in 1817.The second Herald was a 28-gun sixth-rate, launched as Termagant in 1822 and renamed in 1824. She served as a survey ship and was sold in 1862.The third Herald w..
HMS Herald (H138)
Career Ordered: Laid down: Launched: Robb Caledon, Leith. Completed refit 1988 with a strengthened and extended flight deck for Lynx helicopter. Commissioned: 1974 Decommissioned: 31 May 2001 Fate: Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: Standard:2000 tons Full Load:2945 ..
HMS Hercules
Five ships of the British Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Hercules, after the Greek and Roman hero Hercules. The first Hercules was a 74-gun ship of the line, launched 1759, and sold 1784. Captain John Porter was in command in early 1759.? Hercules was a 78-gun ship of the line taken prize by t..
HMS Hercules (1815)
HMS Hercules was a 74-gun third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy. She was launched in 1815, on harbour service from 1853 and sold 1865. On December 26, 1852 Hercules departed on her way to Hong Kong to take up duties as a hospital ship. The gold rushes had put a premium on passenger ships t..
HMS Hercules (1868)
Career Laid down: February 1 1866 Launched: February 10 1868 Completed: November 21 1868 Broken up: 1932 Specification Displacement: 8,677 tons; 8,830 tons full load Length: 325 ft Beam: 59 ft 0.5 inch Draught: 24 ft light, 26 ft 6 inches deep load Engine: One-shaft Penn trunk engine I...
HMS Hercules (1910)
HMS Hercules was a Colossus-class battleship built by Palmers, launched on May 10, 1910, and commissioned on July 31, 1911 at Portsmouth. She was a 20,000-ton dreadnought, mounting ten 12-inch (305 mm) guns in five twin gun turrets, sixteen 4-inch (101.6 mm), four 3-pounders, and three 21-inch (533..
HMS Hereward (H93)
HMS Hereward (H93), named after Hereward the Wake, was an H-class destroyer of the Royal Navy laid down by the High Walker Yard of Vickers Armstrong at Newcastle-on-Tyne on 28 February 1935, launched on 10 March 1936 and commissioned on 9 December 1936. Hereward participated in the Battle of Calabri..
HMS Hermes
Ten ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Hermes, after Hermes, the messenger god of Greek mythology: The first Hermes was originally the Dutch sloop Mercurius, captured in 1796 by HMS Sylph.The second Hermes was a 22-gun ship purchased in 1798 and sold in 1802.The third Hermes, originally Ma..
HMS Hermes (1913)
Career Ordered: 1897 Laid down: April 1897 Launched: April 7 1898 Commissioned: May 7 1913 Fate: 31 October 1914 Torpedoed and sunk by German submarine U-27 in the Straights of Dover. Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: 5600 tons full load Length: 350 ft (107 m) Beam: 54 f..
HMS Hermes (95)
HMS Hermes in 1937. Career Laid down: January 1918 Launched: 11 September 1919 Commissioned: July 1923 Fate: Sunk by Japanese air attack on April 9 1942. General Characteristics Displacement: 11,085 tons Length: 182.27 m Beam: 21.41 m Draft: 5.64 m Propulsion: Two steam turbines, 40,00..
HMS Hermes (R12)
Career Ordered: Laid down: 21 June 1944 Launched: 16 February 1953 Commissioned: 25 November 1959 Decommissioned: 1984 Fate: Sold to India Struck: 1985 General Characteristics Displacement: 23000 t Length: 236.14 m Beam: 45.10 m Draught: 8.48 m Propulsion: 2 Parson turbines, 76,00..
HMS Hermione
The fifth Hermione, c. 1910 Seven ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Hermione after Hermione, the daughter of Menelaus and Helen in Greek mythology. The first three ships were captured from the French between 1757 and 1760 and never appeared in the Navy List. The fourth Hermione wa..
HMS Hermione (1782)
HMS Hermione was a 32-gun fifth-rate frigate of the Royal Navy, launched in 1782. In the French Revolutionary Wars, she served in the West Indies, and in 1797 — the year of the Spithead and Nore mutinies — Captain Hugh Pigot was posted to command her. Pigot was a ruthless disciplinarian..
HMS Hermione (74)
HMS Hermione just after completion late 1941. Career Built By: Alex. Stephen & Sons Ltd. (Glasgow, Scotland) Laid down: 6 October 1937 Launched: 18 May 1939 Commissioned: 25 March 1941 Fate: Sunk, 16 June 1942 during Operation Harpoon / Vigorous by torpedoes from German submar..
HMS Hermione (F58)
Career Ordered: Laid down: 6th December 1965 Launched: 26th April 1967 Commissioned: 11th July 1969 Decommissioned: 30th June 1992 Fate: Sold for scrap 1997 Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: Length: Beam: Draught: Propulsion: Speed: Range: Complement: Arm..
HMS Hero
Six ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Hero, invoking the concept of the hero. The first Hero was a 74-gun third-rate launched in 1759, a prison ship after 1793, renamed Rochester in 1800, and broken up 1810.The second Hero was a 74-gun third-rate launched in 1803 and wrecked in 18..
HMS Hero (1885)
Career Laid down: April 11 1884 Floated out: October 27 1885 Completed: May 1888 Sunk as target: February 18 1908 Specification Displacement: 6,440 tons Length: 270 ft Beam: 58 ft Draught: 21 ft 7 inches light, 25 ft 8 inches deep load Engine: 2-shaft Rennie inverted compound I.H.P. = 4..
HMS Hero (H99)
HMS Hero (H99) was an H-class destroyer of the Royal Navy laid down by the High Walker Yard of Vickers Armstrong at Newcastle-on-Tyne on 28 February 1935, launched on 10 March 1936 and commissioned on 23 October 1936. Hero participated in the Second Battle of Narvik in April 1940, the Battle of Cal..
HMS Hesperus (H57)
HMS Hesperus (H57) was an H-class destroyer of the Royal Navy. She was originally laid down as Juruena for the Brazilian Navy by John I. Thornycroft and Company at Woolston in Southampton on 6 July 1938, launched on 1 August 1939, purchased in September 1939 and named Hearty. Commissioned on 22 Ja..
HMS Heureux
The first HMS Heureux was a brig mounting 22-guns. She was captured from the French in 1800. The name was kept during her service in the Royal Navy. It translates as happy. The first Heureux was a 22-gun brig captured in 1800 and wrecked in 1806.The second Heureux was a 16-gun brig captured in 1807..
HMS Heureux (1800)
The HMS Heureux was a 22-gun brig which served in the Royal Navy during the Napoleonic Wars. She was lost at sea in 1806. The Heureux was a French privateer captured in 1799 by the frigate HMS Stag in the English Channel. She was bought by the Admiralty, who commissioned her with the same name as a..
HMS Hibernia
Four ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Hibernia after the Latin name of Ireland. HMS Hibernia, 74, was a sloop launched in 1765, and renamed Prince of WalesHMS Hibernia, 110, was a ship of the line launched in 1804 and broken up almost a century later, having served for many years as ..
HMS Hibernia (1804)
Career Ordered: Laid down: Launched: 17 November 1804 at Plymouth Commissioned: Decommissioned: Fate: Sold for breaking up in Malta on 14 October1902 Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: 2530 tons Length: 203 ft Beam: 54 ft Draught: Propulsion: sail Speed: Range: ..
HMS Hibernia (1905)
Career Ordered: 1903 naval programme Laid down: 6 January 1904 Launched: 17 June 1905 at Devonport Dock Yard Commissioned: Decommissioned: Fate: Sold for scrap, 8 November 1921 Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: normal 16,350 tons, full draft 17,500 tons Length: 453 f..
HMS Hibiscus
Two vessels of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Hibiscus, after the hibiscus flower. The first Hibiscus was an Anchusa-class sloop in use from 1917 to 1923. The second Hibiscus was a Flower-class corvette launched in 1940, on loan to the United States Navy as Spry from 1942 to 1945, and s..
HMS Highflyer
Four vessels of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Highflyer. The first Highflyer was an 8-gun schooner operating as an American privateer when captured in January 1813 and taken into the RN, then recaptured by the Americans in September of that year.The second Highflyer was a 2-gun tender ..
HMS Hogue
Three ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Hogue, after the battle of La Hogue, May 1692: Hogue, 3rd rate sail, converted to unarmoured screw vessel 1849, broken up 1865Hogue, launched 1900, was a Cressy-class armoured cruiser, sunk in 1914.Hogue, launched 1944, was a Battle-class destroyer,..
HMS Hogue (1811)
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HMS Hogue (D74)
Career Ordered: Laid down: 6 January 1943 Launched: 21 April 1944 Commissioned: 24 July 1945 Decommissioned: ? Fate: Sold for scrap Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: Length: Beam: Draught: Propulsion: Speed: Range: Complement: Armament: Aircraft: Motto..
HMS Hollyhock (K64)
HMS Hollyhock was a Royal Navy corvette of the Flower class. The Hollyhock, (Lt.Cdr. T.E. Davies, OBE, RNR) was bombed and sunk east of Ceylon on 9 April 1942 along with the aircraft carrier HMS Hermes, the destroyer HMAS Vampire and two tankers. The attacking aircraft came from the Japanese aircraf..
HMS Hood
Three ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Hood after members of the Hood family, which produced several notable Navy officers: HMS Hood (1859) - 91-gun second-rate ship of the line, launched as Edgar. In 1860 she was renamed to honor Admiral Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood. Constructed of wo..
HMS Hood (1891)
Career Ordered: 1889 Laid down: August 17, 1889 Launched: 30 July 1891 at Chatham Dockyard, England Commissioned: 1 June 1893 Decommissioned: 1914 Fate: sunk as a blockship in Portland harbour, 1914 Struck: Specifications Displacement: 14,190t; 15,580t full load Length: 410ft 5in ..
HMS Hood (51)
Career Ordered: 7 April 1916 Laid down: 1 September 1916 Launched: 22 August 1918 Commissioned: 15 May 1920 Fate: Sunk during the Battle of the Denmark Strait on 24 May 1941 Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: 1918: 45,200 tons full load; 1940: 48,360 tons full l..
HMS Hornbill
HMS Hornbill is the name of a Royal Naval Air Station (RNAS) near Culham, Oxfordshire. It opened in 1944 as an Aircraft Receipt and Despatch Unit for the Royal Navy. The ground layout was typical of many bomber stations, with three runways. However it had a large number of hangers which were situ..
HMS Hornet
Ten vessels of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Hornet. Amongst them: Hornet (1893), a destroyer launched in 1893 and broken up in 1909.Hornet (1911), a destroyer launched in 1911 and broken up in 1921. ..
HMS Hostile (H55)
HMS Hostile (H55) was an H-class destroyer of the Royal Navy laid down by Scott's Shipbuilding and Engineering at Greenock in Scotland on 27 February 1935, launched on 24 January 1936 and commissioned on 10 September 1936. Hostile participated in the First Battle of Narvik in April 1940 and the Batt..
HMS Hotspur
Four ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Hotspur after the nickname of Sir Henry Percy: The first Hotspur was a 36-gun fifth-rate in service from 1810 to 1821.The second Hotspur was a 46-gun fifth-rate launched in 1828, a chapel hulk after 1859, renamed Monmouth in 1868, and sold in..
HMS Hotspur (1870)
Career Laid down: October 2 1868 Launched: March 19 1870 Completed: November 17 1871 Broken up: 1904 Specification Displacement: 4,331 tons Length: 235 ft Beam: 50 ft Draught: 19 ft light, 20 ft 8 inches deep load Engine: Two-shaft Napier reciprocating, I.H.P.= 3,500 Speed 12.65 knots ..
HMS Hotspur (H01)
HMS Hotspur (H01) was an H-class destroyer of the Royal Navy. She was laid down by Scott's Shipbuilding and Engineering at Greenock in Scotland on 27 February 1935, launched on 23 March 1936 and commissioned on 29 December 1936. Hotspur participated in the First Battle of Narvik in April 1940, the ..
HMS Howe
Several ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Howe, after Admiral Richard Howe: Howe, launched 1860, was a 121-gun ship of the line, renamed Bulwark, and then renamed Impregnable in 1886.Howe, launched 1885, was an Admiral-class battleship.Howe, a proposed Admiral-class battlecruiser, was lai..
HMS Howe (1860)
HMS Howe was a 110-gun screw 1st rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched 13th March 1860. Howe was named after Admiral Richard Howe, later renamed Bulwark, and then renamed Impregnable 27th September 1886. Howe was sold in 1921. See HMS Howe for other ships of the same name. ..
HMS Howe (1940)
Career Ordered: Laid down: 1 June 1937 Launched: 9 April 1940 Commissioned: 29 August 1942 Decommissioned: Fate: Scrapped at Inverkeithing in 1958 Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: 36,727 tons standard, 42,076 tons full Length: 227 m Beam: 31.4 m ..
HMS Hunter
No less than seventeen vessels of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Hunter. The first Hunter was a dogger captured in 1646 and sold 1649.The fifteenth Hunter (H35) was a destroyer launched in 1936 and lost in a 1940 collision.The sixteenth Hunter (D80) was the loaned US escort aircraft car..
HMS Hunter (D80)
Career Laid down: 15 May 1941 Launched: 22 May 1942 Commissioned (USN): 9 January 1943 Decommissioned (USN): 1946? Commissioned (RN): 11 January 1943 Decommissioned (RN): 29 December 1945 Struck: 17 January 1947 Fate: Scrapped in Spain in 1965 General Characteristics Displacement: 1..
HMS Hunter (H35)
HMS Hunter pictured before the war showing the original design of the class with flat-fronted bridge. HMS Hunter (H35) was one of nine H-class destroyers of the Royal Navy. She was laid down by Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson Limited at Wallsend-on-Tyne on 26 March 1935, launched on 25 Februar..
HMS Hurricane (H06)
HMS Hurricane was a Royal Navy Havant class destroyer. Hurricane was launched on 29 September 1939 and sunk by U-415 on 24 December 1943. ..
HMS Hursley (L84)
Career Ordered: Laid down: 21 December 1940 Launched: 25 July 1941 Commissioned: 2 April 1942 Fate: Scrapped in 1960 Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: 1,050 t standard; 1,610 t full load Length: 85.3 m (280 ft) o/a Beam: 9.6 m (31 ft 6 in) Dr..
HMS Hurst Castle (K416)
HMS Hurst Castle (K416) was a Castle-class corvette of the United Kingdom's Royal Navy. She was named after Hurst Castle at the western end of the Solent in Southern England. Built by Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd. in Dundee and launched on 23 February 1944, she served as a convoy esc..
HMS Hussar
Ten ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Hussar, after the hussar. The first Hussar was a 28-gun sixth-rate launched in 1757 and captured by the French in 1762 after running aground off Cuba. The second Hussar was a 28-gun sixth-rate launched in 1763 and wrecked in 1780 off New York ..
HMS Hussar (1763)
HMS Hussar, a ship built in England in 1763, was part of the British fleet in North America. During the American Revolution, Hussar sailed as a dispatch boat on the North American station. By mid-1779, the British position in New York was precarious as a French army had joined forces with General G..
HMS Hussar (1894)
Career Ordered: Laid down: Launched: 1894 Commissioned: Decommissioned: Fate: Sold 1920, broken up 1921 Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: 1,070 tons Length: 250 ft Beam: 30½ ft Draught: 13 ft Propulsion: 2 sets vertical triple expansion, two screws, Thornycroft b..
HMS Hyacinth
Several ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Hyacinth after the hyacinth flower: Hyacinth, launched in 1829, was a sixth-rate sloop. In 1839, fighting alongside Volage, she destroyed 29 Chinese ships near Hong Kong. This battle was the first of many decisive victories of the British over the..
HMS Hyacinth (1898)
Career Ordered: Laid down: Launched: 27th October 1898 Commissioned: Fate: Sold for scrap in November 1923. Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: 5,600 tons Length: 350 ft (106.7 m) Beam: 54 ft (16.5 m) Draught: 20 ft (6.1 m) Propulsion: twin screw Horsepower: 10,000 Sp..
HMS Hydra (A144)
HMS Hydra (Pennant Number A144) was a Royal Navy deep ocean hydrographic survey vessel of the Hecla Class. The ship was sold to the Indonesian navy in 1986 and renamed Dewa Kembar. 1970s She spent some seven years in the 1970s in the Pacific, without returning to the UK, her service being marked..
HMS Hyperion (H97)
HMS Hyperion (H97) was an H-class destroyer of the Royal Navy, named after the Greek mythological character Hyperion. It was laid down by Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson Limited at Wallsend-on-Tyne on 26 March 1935, launched on 8 April 1936 and commissioned on 3 December 1936. In World War II, Hyp..
HMS Hythe
HMS Hythe was a Bangor class minesweeper that saw service in the Royal Navy during the Second World War. She was built by Ailsa Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. in Troon, Scotland and commissioned in 1941. Her pennant number was J 194. HMS Hythe saw service in the Mediterranean Sea based in Malta as part of 1..
HMS Ibis (U99)
HMS Ibis (U99) was a Black Swan-class sloop of the Royal Navy, named after the Ibis Ibis was sunk by an airborne torpedo from an Italian aircraft in the Western Mediterranean, north of Algiers on November 10, 1942. ..
HMS Icarus
Four ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Icarus, after the Icarus of Greek mythology. The first Icarus was a 10-gun brig-sloop launched in 1814, on coast guard duty in 1839, and sold 1861. The second Icarus was a screw sloop in service from 1858 to 1875. The third Icarus was a..
HMS Icarus (D03)
HMS Icarus (D03) was an I-class destroyer laid down by John Brown and Company, Limited, at Clydebank in Scotland on 9 March 1936, launched on 26 November 1936 and commissioned on 1 May 1937. She served with the Royal Navy in World War II. On on 29 November 1939, Icarus attacked and sank the U-35 w..
HMS Ilex (D61)
HMS Ilex (D61), named after the Holly genus, was an I-class destroyer laid down by John Brown and Company, Limited, at Clydebank in Scotland on 10 March 1936, launched on 28 January 1937 and commissioned on 7 July 1937. Ilex attacked and sank the enemy German submarine U-42 south-west of Ireland on..
HMS Illustrious
There have been five ships in the Royal Navy to bear the proud name Illustrious, and as her name suggests, she and her predecessors have had an illustrious history. The ship's motto is "Vox Non Incerta" which translates as "No Uncertain Voice". The first Illustrious was a 74-gun Third-rate, and laun..
HMS Illustrious (1896)
Career Ordered: Laid down:11th March 1895 Launched:17th September 1896 Commissioned:10th May 1898 Decommissioned:1919 Fate:Scrapped 1920 Struck: Specifications Displacement:14,900 tons Length:390 feet bp x 75ft x 26ft 6 inches (118.87m x 22.86m x 7.92m) Armament:4 x 12-inch BL guns 12 x 6-inch ..
HMS Illustrious (R06)
Career Ordered: 14 May 1976 Laid down: 7 October 1976 Launched: 1 December 1981 Commissioned: 20 June 1982 Decommissioned: Fate: Active in service as of 2006. Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: 20,600 tons Length: 194 metres (686 ft) Beam: 36 metres (118 ft) Draught: 7...
HMS Illustrious (R87)
Career Ordered: 13 January 19371936 Naval Programme Laid down: 27 April 1937 Launched: 5 April 1939 Commissioned: 25 May 1940 Decommissioned: end of 1954 Fate: Scrapped at Faslane. Struck: 3 November 1956 General Characteristics Displacement: 28,661 tons full load Length: 743.75 feet ..
HMS Imaum
Imaum is the name of a Royal Navy Ship. ..
HMS Imogen (D44)
HMS Imogen (D44) was a British Royal Navy I-class destroyer laid down by R. and W. Hawthorn, Leslie and Company, Limited, at Hebburn-on-Tyne on 18 January 1936, launched on 30 October 1936 and commissioned on 2 June 1937. Imogen attacked and sank the enemy German submarines U-42 south-west of Irelan..
HMS Imperial (D09)
HMS Imperial (D09) was an I-class destroyer laid down by R. and W. Hawthorn, Leslie and Company, Limited, at Hebburn-on-Tyne on 22 January 1936, launched on 11 December 1936 and commissioned on 30 June 1937. During the battle of Crete Imperial was attacked by German aircraft as she evacuated Britis..
HMS Imperieuse
Three ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Imperiuse, a name retained from the French. The first Imperieuse was a French sailing frigate captured in 1793, taken into the RN as a 40-gun fifth-rate, renamed Unite in 1803, in harbour service from 1832, and broken up in 1858. The second ..
HMS Implacable
Three ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Implacable: The first Implacable, launched in 1795 as the French ship Duguay-Trouin, was a 74-gun third-rate ship of the line. Captured by the British on 3 November 1805, she was renamed Implacable. She was scuttled in 1949, by then the second oldes..
HMS Implacable (1805)
--> Career - Built Rochefort, 1789 Fate Scuttled, 1949 General Characteristics Displacement: 1,896 tonnes Length: 55.3m Width: 14.9m Beam: 6.7m Draught: Class: 3rd rate Speed: Complement: 670 Armament: 80 guns: 30 × 32pdr12 × 32pdr carronade30 × 18pdr2 × 12pdr HMS Implac..
HMS Implacable (1899)
Career Ordered: Laid down: Launched: Commissioned: Decommissioned: Fate: Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: 14,745 tons Length: Beam: Draught: Propulsion: Speed: 18 knots Range: Complement: 780 Armament: 4 12 inch guns12 6 inch guns4 torpedo tubes Aircr..
HMS Implacable (R86)
HMS Implacable (R86) was an Implacable-class aircraft carrier of the Royal Navy. She was laid down at Fairfields Shipyard on Clydeside three months after her sister-ship Indefatigable and was clearly destined for the British Pacific Fleet once worked up. Her first commanding officer was Captain Lach..
HMS Impregnable
Ten ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Impregnable: Impregnable was a 98-gun second-rate ship of the line launched in 1789 and wrecked in 1799 near Chichester.Impregnable was another 98-gun second-rate launched in 1810, renamed Kent in 1888, renamed Caledonia in 1891, and sold in 1..
HMS Impulsive (D11)
HMS Impulsive (D11) was an I-class destroyer laid down by J. Samuel White and Company, Limited, at Cowes on the Isle of Wight in March 1936, launched on 1 March 1937 and commissioned on 29 January 1938. Impulsive attacked and sank the enemy German submarine U-457 in the Barents Sea north-east of Mur..
HMS Inconstant
Several ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Inconstant: Inconstant, launched 1914, was an Arethusa-class light cruiser that served in World War I.Inconstant, launched 1941, was an H-class destroyer that served in World War II. ..
HMS Inconstant (H49)
HMS Inconstant (H49) was an I-class destroyer laid down as TCG Muavenet for the Turkish Navy by Vickers Armstrong Naval Construction Works at Barrow-in-Furness on 24 May 1939, purchased in September 1939 by the Royal Navy, launched on 24 February 1941 and commissioned on 24 January 1942. Inconstant ..
HMS Indefatigable
Seven ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Indefatigable. The first Indefatigable was a 64-gun two-decked ship of the line (eventually razeed to a frigate) launched in 1784. The second Indefatigable was an armed ship purchased in 1804 and sold in 1805. The third Indefatigable was to ..
HMS Indefatigable (1784)
HMS Indefatigable was originally built as a 64-gun two-decked third-rate ship of the line for the British Royal Navy. Launched in 1784, she was already nearly obsolete for the main battle line. In 1794, she was razéed: the upper gun deck was cut away to convert her into a razé, a large and heavil..
HMS Indefatigable (1909)
Career Ordered: 1908 Naval Programme Laid down: 23 February 1909 Launched: 28 October 1909 Commissioned: February 1911 Fate: Sunk at Jutland, 31 May 1916 Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: 18,470 tons (22,080 tons fully loaded) Length: 590 feet (180 m) o..
HMS Indefatigable (R10)
HMS Indefatigable (R10) was an Implacable-class aircraft carrier of the British Royal Navy. Built at the famous John Brown Yard on the Clyde, at Clydebank, Scotland, Indefatigable was laid down on 3 November 1939 and launched on 8 December 1942. She commissioned into the Royal Navy on 3 May 1944,..
HMS Indomitable
There have been two warships named Indomitable, but the most powerful ship of the lineage was its last. One of the Invincible-class was to be named Indomitable, but the name was later changed to Ark Royal. HMS Indomitable (1907) was the first battlecruiser in the world beating her sister-ship Infle..
HMS Indomitable (1907)
HMS Indomitable was an Invincible-class battlecruiser. She was one of the first of her type of ship, a battlecruiser, and like the Dreadnought, the class effectively turned every other large cruiser obsolete. The ship had been designed concurrently with the Dreadnought, and so when all four ships..
HMS Indomitable (R92)
Career Ordered:6 July 1937 Laid down:10 December 1937 Launched:26 March 1940 Commissioned:10 October 1941 Decommissioned: Fate:Sold for scrap in 1955 Struck: General Characteristics Displacement:23,000 tons Length:230 meters Beam:29 meters Draught:8.83 meters Propulsion:Steam turbines, 6 boilers,..
HMS Indus (1839)
HMS Indus (1839) was an 80-gun second-rate of the Royal Navy, launched on 16th March 1839. She had a wooden hull, was sail propulsed, and displaced 2,653 tons. In 1860 she was a guardship. She left service in 1898. 30th October 1840 she was commanded by Captain Houston Stewart, Mediterranean30th Oc..
HMS Inflexible
Several ships of the Royal Navy have been called HMS Inflexible. Inflexible - Largest ship taking part in the Battle of Valcour Island, 1776.Inflexible - Ship of the line. Her crew seized the ship during a mutiny at the Nore in 1797.HMS Inflexible (1881) - One of the last battleships to have sails,..
HMS Inflexible (1876)
Career Laid down: February 24 1874 Launched: April 27 1876 Completed: October 18 1881 Broken up: 1903 Specification Displacement: 11,880 tons Length: 340 ft Beam: 75 ft Draught: 24 ft 6 inches light, 26 ft 6 inches deep load Engine: Two-shaft Elder and Co. I.H.P.= 8,407 Speed: 14.75 kn..
HMS Inflexible (1881)
Career Ordered: Laid down: February 1874 Launched: April 1876 Commissioned: October 1881 Decommissioned: Fate: Scrapped 1903 Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: 10,880 tons (11,880 tons full load) Length: 344 ft (105 m) Beam: 75 ft (22.9 m) Draught: 26.3 ft (7.8 m) Pro..
HMS Inflexible (1907)
Career Ordered: 1905 Laid down: 5 February 1906 Launched: 26 June 1907 Commissioned: 20 October 1908 Fate: Scrapped 1923 Struck: 31 March 1920 General Characteristics Displacement: 17,290 tons standard20,700 tons full load Length: 530 ft (162 m) waterline563 ft (17..
HMS Inglefield (D02)
HMS Inglefield (D02), named for Captain John Nicholson Inglefield (1748 - 1828) and his son Rear-Admiral Samuel Hood Inglefield (1783 - 1848), was an I-class destroyer of the Royal Navy laid down by Cammel Laird and Company at Birkenhead on 29 April 1936, launched on 15 October 1936 and commissione..
HMS Intrepid
Eight ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Intrepid, including: The first Intrepid was a third rate ship of the line captured from the French in 1747.The second Intrepid was a third rate ship of the line built in 1770.The sixth Intrepid was a cruiser which was sunk as a blockship in t..
HMS Intrepid (D10)
HMS Intrepid (D10) was an I-class destroyer laid down by J. Samuel White and Company, Limited, at Cowes on the Isle of Wight on 13 January 1936, launched on 17 December 1936 and commissioned on 29 July 1937. In World War II, Intrepid attacked and sank the German submarine U-45 south-west of Ireland..
HMS Intrepid (L11)
Career Ordered: Laid down: 19th December 1962 Launched: 25th June 1964 Commissioned: 11th March 1967 Decommissioned: 31st August 1999 Fate: Currently(2005) in Portsmouth awaiting disposal Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: Length: Beam: Draught: 9.8 m docked down / 7..
HMS Invincible
Six ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Invincible. The first Invincible was originally the French 74-gun ship of the line L'Invincible, captured off Cape Finisterre in 1747. The second Invincible was also a 74-gun ship, launched in 1765 and lost in a wreck 1801. The third Invincibl..
HMS Invincible (1747)
HMS Invincible was a 74-gun third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy. She was the French ship L'Invincible until she was captured on May 14 1747 at the first battle of Cape Finisterre during the War of the Austrian Succession. She was escorting a convoy of merchant ships when she was sighted b..
HMS Invincible (1765)
HMS Invincible, built in 1765, was a long service, 1,631 ton, third rate ship of the line in the British Royal Navy. Invincible was built in a shipyard in the Thames River near London in 1765 during a period of peace to replace ships worn out in the recently finished Seven Years' War. The ship went..
HMS Invincible (1869)
HMS Invincible was an Audacious class ironclad battleship of the Royal Navy. She was built at the Napier shipyard and completed in 1870. Completed just ten years after HMS Warrior, she still carried sails as well as a steam engine. Displacement: 6,106 tonnesLength: 280 ft (86 m)Beam: 54 ft (16.4 m..
HMS Invincible (1907)
Career Ordered: 1906 Naval Program Laid down: April 2, 1906 Launched: April 13, 1907 Commissioned: March 20, 1909 Fate: Sunk Battle of Jutland, May 31, 1916 General Characteristics Displacement: 17,526 tons Length: 567 ft (172.8 m) Beam: 78 ft 6 in (23.9 m..
HMS Invincible (R05)
Career Ordered: April 17, 1973 Laid down: July 20, 1973 Launched: May 8, 1977 Commissioned: July 11, 1980 Decommissioned: August 3, 2005 Fate: In Reserve Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: 20,600 tons Length: 194 m Beam: 36 m Draught: 7.5 m Propulsion & power: 4 × Rol..
HMS Iris
Six ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Iris after the Greek mythological figure Iris. The first Iris was a frigate captured from the US Navy in 1777 (see USS Hancock).The second Iris was a frigate built in 1783 and renamed HMS Solebay in 1810.The third Iris was the French frigate Ma..
HMS Iron Duke
Three ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Iron Duke after the Duke of Wellington, nicknamed the "Iron Duke". The name is also a pun, as the first ship so named was an ironclad. The first Iron Duke was a battleship launched in 1870 and sold 1906The second Iron Duke was the name-shi..
HMS Iron Duke (1870)
Career Ordered: Laid down: August 23 1868 Launched: 1 March 1870 Commissioned: 1 April 1871 Decommissioned: Reserve 1890, converted to coal hulk 1900 Fate: Sold for scrap 15 May 1906 Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: 6034 tons Length: 341 ft 3 in (104 m) Beam: 54 ft (1..
HMS Iron Duke (1912)
Career Ordered: 1911 Laid down: January 1912 at Portsmouth dockyard Launched: 12 October 1912 Commissioned: March 1914 Decommissioned: 1946 Fate: Sold for scrap Struck: 1948 General Characteristics Displacement: 25,000 tons (normal), 29,500 deep load Length: 622 feet 9 inches Beam: 9..
HMS Iron Duke (F234)
Career Ordered: July 1988 Laid down: 12 December 1988 Launched: 2 March 1991 Commissioned: 20 May 1993 Decommissioned: Fate: Active in service as of 2006. Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: 4,900 tonnes Length: 133 m (463 ft) Beam: 16.1 m (52.9 ft) Draught: 7.3 m Propu..
HMS Irresistible
At least four ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Irresistible: Irresistible Third rate ship of the line launched in 1782 and broken up in 1806.Irresistible was the name for the French ship Swiftsure after it was recaptured in the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805. It had originally been built fo..
HMS Irresistible (1898)
Career Ordered: Laid down: April 11, 1898 Launched: Commissioned: February 4, 1902 Fate: Sunk by mine,March 18, 1915 Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: 15,000 tons Length: Beam: Draught: Propulsion: Speed: 18 knots Range: Complement: 780 Armament: 4 12 inch gu..
HMS Isaac Brock
The HMS ''Isaac Brock or HMS Sir Isaac Brock was a British frigate which was under construction at York (presently Toronto). It was destroyed at the Battle of York prior to being completed. The was named to honour fallen General Isaac Brock. Reference [List of Vessels Employed on British N..
HMS Isis
Six ships of the British Royal Navy, and four tenders of the RNVR, have been named HMS Isis, after the Egyptian goddess Isis. The first Isis was a 50-gun fourth-rate probably launched in 1744 as Colchester.The second Isis was the French ship Diamant captured in 1747 and converted to a 50-gun fourth..
HMS Isis (D87)
HMS Isis (D87) was an I-class destroyer laid down by the Yarrow Shipbuilders Limited, at Scotstoun in Glasgow on 6 February 1936, launched on 12 November 1936 and commissioned on 2 June 1937. Isis was involved in the evacuation of Greece in April 1941, and attacked and sank the enemy German subma..
HMS Itchen
Three ships of the British Royal Navy have been called HMS Itchen after the English river: The first Itchen was a River class destroyer launched in 1903 and torpedoed in the North Sea on 6 July 1917 by the German U-boat U99. The submarine was herself torpedoed the following day.The second Itchen w..
HMS Ithuriel
Two ships of the British Royal Navy have been called HMS Ithuriel after an angel in John Milton's epic poem Paradise Lost: The first Ithuriel was a destroyer flotilla leader originally named Gabriel but renamed her launching in 1916. After serving through the First World War she was broken up in ..
HMS Ithuriel (1916)
Career Ordered: Laid down: 14 January 1915 at Cammell Laird, Birkenhead, England Launched: 8 March 1916 Commissioned: Decommissioned: Fate: Sold for scrapping 8 November1921 and broken up in Germany Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: 1,655 tons Length: 325 ft..
HMS Ithuriel (H05)
HMS Ithuriel (H05) was an I-class destroyer laid down as Gayret for the Turkish Navy by Vickers Armstrong Naval Construction Works at Barrow-in-Furness on 24 May 1939, launched on 15 December 1940 and commissioned on 3 March 1942. In World War II, she took part in Operation Pedestal, the escorting ..
HMS Ivanhoe (D16)
HMS Ivanhoe (D16) was an I-class destroyer laid down by the Yarrow Shipbuilders, Limited, at Scotstoun in Glasgow on 6 February 1936, launched on 11 February 1937 and commissioned on 24 August 1937. Ivanhoe attacked and sank the enemy German submarine U-45 south-west of Ireland on 14 October 193..
HMS Ivy
Three ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Ivy named after the plant. The first Ivy was a sloop launched in 1915 but renamed Marigold before her launch.The second Ivy was an Anchusa class sloop launched in 1917 and sold in 1920.A third Ivy was a Flower class corvette with pennant num..
HMS Jackal (F22)
HMS Jackal (F22) was a J-class destroyer of the Royal Navy laid down by John Brown and Company, Limited, at Clydebank in Scotland on 24 September 1937, launched on 25 October 1938 and commissioned on 31 March 1939. HMS Jackal was attacked by enemy German Ju-88 bombers north-west of Mersa Matruh in E..
HMS Jaguar
Two ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Jaguar, after the feline jaguar. The first Jaguar (F34) was a J-class destroyer launched in 1938 and sunk 1942 by U-652. The second Jaguar (F37) was a Leopard-class frigate launched in 1957 and sold to the Bangladeshi Navy in 1978, subsequentl..
HMS Jaguar (F34)
HMS Jaguar (F34) was a J class destroyer of the Royal Navy laid down by William Denny, Brothers and Company, Limited, of Dumbarton in Scotland on 25 November 1937, launched on 22 November 1938 and commissioned on 12 September 1939. Jaguar participated in the Battle of Cape Matapan in March 1941. Jag..
HMS Jamaica
Six vessels of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Jamaica, after the island colony of Jamaica: HMS Jamaica (1710), a 14-gun sloop launched in 1710 and wrecked in 1715HMS Jamaica (1744), a 14-gun sloop launched 1744 and foundered 1770 off JamaicaHMS Jamaica (1779), a 16-gun sloop purchased in 1779 a..
HMS Jamaica (C44)
Crown Colony class General Characteristics Displacement: 10,725 tons full load (10,840 tons full load Ceylon-class) Length: 555.5 ft (169 m) Beam: 62 ft (18.9 m) Draught: 16.5 ft (5.0 m) Propulsion: 4 Parsons geared turbines, 4 boilers, 4 shafts, 72,500 shp (54 MW), 80,000 (60 MW) C..
HMS Janus (F53)
HMS Janus (F53), named after the Roman god, was a J-class destroyer of the Royal Navy laid down by Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson Limited at Wallsend-on-Tyne on 29 September 1937, launched on 10 November 1938 and commissioned on 5 August 1939. Janus participated in the Battle of Calabria in July 19..
HMS Jason
HMS Jason, a ship of the Royal Navy, is named after the Greek mythological character Jason. ..
HMS Java
Three ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Java after the island of Java. The first Java was a 32 gun 5th rate captured from the Dutch in 1806. The ship ran aground the next year.The second Java was a 38 gun 5th rate captured from the French in 1811. In 1812 the ship was captured in turn..
HMS Java (1811)
The French built frigate Renommée was taken by the English near Madagascar and renamed HMS Java. She carried 38 guns and was under the command of Captain Harry Lambert when she met the American frigate USS Constitution of 44 guns in December 1812 in what would be her last battle, which lasted for t..
HMS Javelin (F61)
HMS Javelin (F61) was a J-class destroyer of the Royal Navy laid down by John Brown and Company, Limited, at Clydebank in Scotland on 11 October 1937, launched on 21 December 1938 and commissioned on 10 June 1939. At the end of November 1941, the 5th Destroyer Flotilla comprising HMS Jupiter, Jave..
HMS Jersey
Eight ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Jersey, including Jersey, a frigate commissioned in 1654Jersey, a sixth-rate commissioned in 1694Jersey, a frigate commissioned in 1698Jersey, a frigate commissioned in 1736 and used as a prison ship in the American Revolutionary WarJersey, a sloop ..
HMS Jersey (1736)
HMS Jersey was a British Royal Navy vessel most noted for serving as a prison ship in the American Revolutionary War. The Jersey was built during a time of peace in England. Her first battle was in Admiral Edward Vernon's defeated attack on the Spanish port of Cartagena, Colombia, around the begin..
HMS Jersey (F72)
HMS Jersey (F72) was a J-class destroyer of the Royal Navy laid down by J. Samuel White and Company at Cowes on the Isle of Wight on 20 September 1937, launched on 26 September 1938 and commissioned on 28 April 1939. Jersey struck a mine off Malta's Grand Harbour on 4 June 1941 and sank. For other..
HMS Jersey (P295)
HMS Jersey was an Island-class patrol vessel of the Royal Navy (RN). She was named after the island of Jersey, part of the Channel Islands. She was built at Aberdeen, being launched in 1976 by HRH Princess Anne, Princess Royal and subsequently commissioned into the Navy later that year. She was ..
HMS Jervis (F00)
HMS Jervis (F00), named for Admiral John Jervis (1735–1823), was a J-class destroyer of the Royal Navy laid down by R. and W. Hawthorn, Leslie and Company, Limited, at Hebburn-on-Tyne on 26 August 1937, launched on 9 September 1938 and commissioned on 5 August 1939. Jervis participated in the..
HMS Jervis Bay (F40)
Career Ordered: Laid down: Launched: Vickers Ltd, Barrow in Furness 1922 (as SS Jervis Bay) Commissioned: October 1940 Fate: Sunk 5 November 1940 in mid-Atlantic Struck: General characteristics Displacement: 14164 gross tons Length: 549 ft Beam: 68 ft Draught: 33 ft Propulsion: ..
HMS Juniper (T123)
HMS Juniper (T123) was a Tree-class minesweeping trawler of the Royal Navy. She was built by Ferguson Brothers at Glasgow, launched on 15 December 1939, and commissioned on 9 March 1940. She served in World War II, and was sunk on June 8, 1940 in the Norwegian Sea during theNorwegian Campaign when ..
HMS Juno
Seven vessels of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Juno after the Roman goddess The first Juno was a 32-gun ship launched in 1757 was a fifth rate sailing frigate which was burnt on 7 August 1778 to prevent capture by revolutionary forces at Rhode Island during the American Revolutionary War.The s..
HMS Juno (1895)
Career Ordered: Laid down: Launched: 16 November 1895 at Barrow-in-Furness Commissioned: Decommissioned: Fate: Sold for scrap 1920 Struck: General Characteristics Displacement: 5600 tons Length: 350 feet Beam: 53 f