HMS Lancaster
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There have been six ships of the Royal Navy named HMS Lancaster:
- The first Lancaster was an 80 gun First Rate built in 1694, then rebuilt and relaunched in 1722, and rebuilt for a third time to a 66 gun Third Rate in 1749
- the second Lancaster was an East Indiaman, fitted out as a Third Rate 64 of 1797
- The third Lancaster was a frigate of 1823, scrapped in 1864
- The fourth Lancaster was an armoured cruiser of 1902 paid off in 1919.
- The fifth Lancaster, formerly the USS Philip (DD76) was a Wickes class destroyer transferred as part of the 1940 Destroyers for Bases Agreement.
- The sixth and current Lancaster is a type 23 frigate.
Battle honours
- Louisburg 1758
- Camperdown 1797
- Buenos Aries 1807
- Atlantic 1941
- Arctic 1942
- North Sea 1943-45
External links
- http://www.royal-navy.mod.uk/static/pages/1653.html
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