Wolverhampton's Standing and History
Details of HMS Ships for the 66 Cities of the UK
| City | Ship |
|---|---|
| Aberdeen | HMS Aberdeen was a Grimsby Class Sloop [1] in the British Royal Navy. Built in Devonport Dockyard (Plymouth,UK) by Thornycroft (Southampton, UK), she was launched on 22 January 1936 and sold for scrap on 16 December 1948.[2] HMS Aberdeen had a displacement of 990 tons. Her top speed was 16.5 knots, she carried a complement of 100, and was armed with two 4.7-inch QF guns, one 3 inch, and four 3 pounder guns. |
| Armagh | NO Royal Navy ship named after this City |
| Bangor | Two ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Bangor. HMS Bangor, the lead ship of the Bangor-class of minesweepers in World War II. HMS Bangor, a Sandown class minehunter commissioned in 1999 |
| Bath | Bath joined the Royal Navy on the 23rd. of October 1940 at Nova Scotia, and was then manned by Norwegian Sailors when she transferred to the RNN on the 9th. of April in 1941. This ship became part of the 5th. Escort Group based on Liverpool, and was escorting her 6th. convoy to Gibraltar, when convoy OG 71, was attacked by 3 U-Boats, U-204, U-519, and U-201 on the 19th. of August 1941. Kell in U-204, was the first boat to sight the convoy, and attacked first. He struck Bath in the engine room with a Torpedo, she broke in two, sinking in 3 minutes, of her 128 crew, only 42 survived. She sank in position 48 degrees 30 minutes North, 17 degrees 45 minutes West. |
| Belfast | HMS Belfast, is one of the two ships forming the final sub-class of the Royal Navy's Town-class cruisers, the other being HMS Edinburgh. Belfast is now a museum ship in London. |
| 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) was a Type 42 destroyer in service from 1976 to 1999. |
| Bradford | The first USS McLanahan (DD-264) was a Clemson-class destroyer in the United States Navy and transferred to the Royal Navy where she served as HMS Bradford (H72) during World War II. |
| Brighton and Hove | HMS Brighton (F106) was a Rothesay or Type 12I class anti-submarine frigate of the British Royal Navy. |
| 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 fourth-rate, launched in 1711 and broken up 1768. The third Bristol was a 50-gun fourth-rate launched in 1775 which served at Jamaica in the American War of Independence and then fought at the Battle of Cuddalore (1783) before being used as a prison ship after 1794, and broken up 1810. The fourth Bristol was a wooden screw frigate launched in 1861 and broken up in 1883 The fifth Bristol was the name ship of the Bristol class of light cruiser launched in 1910. The sixth Bristol was the first and only Type 82 class destroyer launched in 1973 and now permanently moored alongisde at HMS Excellent, Portsmouth as a training ship. |
| Cambridge | HMS Cambridge has been a name held by various Royal Navy ships. It derives from the English town of Cambridge or after the current Duke of Cambridge. They include: HMS Cambridge, wooden vessel, launch date unknown, present at the 1704 Battle of Vélez-Málaga HMS Cambridge (1755), 80 gun wooden vessel, part of Sir George Pocock's fleet at the taking of Havana from the Spanish in 1762 HMS Cambridge (1815), a 2nd rate vessel built in 1815, commissioned as 'the gunnery ship at Plymouth' on August 9th 1856, scrapped in 1869.[1] HMS Windsor Castle, renamed HMS Cambridge in 1866 or 1869, when she replaced the 1815 vessel as gunnery ship off Plymouth. HMS Cambridge (1956), commissioned as a shore establishment 1956 to 2001 (formerly named HM Gunnery School, Devonport, then Cambridge Gunnery School at Wembury). |
| Canterbury | HMS Canterbury was a C-class light cruiser of the British Royal Navy. She was part of the Cambrian group of the C-class of cruisers. Unlike the rest of the subclass, Canterbury was armed with six torpedo tubes instead of the usual four. She was laid down in October 1914, launched on December 21, 1915 and commissioned into the navy in April 1916. She was then attached to the Grand Fleet, commanded by Captain Percy M. R. Royds. Whilst serving with the Fleet she participated in the Battle of Jutland on 31 May to 1 June. She survived the battle and was then assigned to the 5th Light Cruiser Squadron, operating with the Harwich Force to defend the eastern approaches to the English Channel. On 5 June 1917, whilst serving with the Harwich force she sank the German torpedo boat S 20 off the Belgian coast. In 1918 she was assigned to operate in the Aegean, where she saw out the rest of the war without incident. She was considered obsolete by 1934, and was sold on 27 July, 1934 to Metal Industries, of Rosyth for breaking up |
| 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 first Cardiff was not built on the shores of Britain, but captured from the Dutch in 1652 by HMS Tiger, during the numerous clashes that took place between England and the Netherlands. She was a modest 360 ton ship with an armament of 8 guns. Her primary roles were fishery and convoy protection, though in 1658 her relatively brief career in the RN came to an end when she was sold to Jamaica. The second Cardiff was a light cruiser commissioned in 1917. She was broken up in 1946 after a long career. The third and present Cardiff is a Type 42 (Batch 1) destroyer commissioned in 1979. She was involved in the 1982 Falklands War and the 2003 Iraq War, though only because she was in the region for her Armilla Patrol duties. In service as of 2004. Decommissioned July 2005 in Portsmouth. |
| Carlisle | HMS Carlisle was a C-class light cruiser of the Royal Navy, named after the English city of Carlisle. She was the name ship of the Carlisle group of the C-class of cruisers |
| Chester | At least four ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Chester, after the city of Chester. Chester, built in 1691, was captured by France in 1707 at the Battle at The Lizard. Chester was a warship built in 1708 and broken up in 1750. Chester was a warship built in 1744 and sold in 1767. Chester was one of two Town class cruiser (1910)s originally ordered for the Greek Navy in 1914. |
| Chichester | HMS Chichester (F59) was a Salisbury-class or Type 61 aircraft direction frigate of the British Royal Navy. Towards the end of her career she was partially disarmed for use as a Hong Kong guard ship and "showing the flag" deployments, due in part to her good range conferred by her diesel machinery. |
| Coventry | Seven ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Coventry, after the city 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, captured by the French in 1704 but soon recaptured, and broken up in 1709. The third Coventry was a 28-gun sixth-rate launched in 1757 and captured by the French in 1783. The fourth Coventry was light cruiser launched in 1916 and sunk in an air attack in 1942. The fifth Coventry was launched in 1962 as Penelope (F127). The sixth Coventry (D118) was a destroyer launched in 1974 and lost in the Falklands War. The seventh Coventry (F98) was a frigate launched in 1986 and sold to Romania in 2003. |
| Derby | HMS Derby was a Hunt class minesweeper of the Royal Navy from World War I. She was originally to be named Dawlish, but was renamed before launch to avoid possible misunderstandings of having vessels named after coastal locations. |
| Derry | Two ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Londonderry, after the city of Londonderry (also known as Derry) in Northern Ireland. The first Londonderry was a sloop in service from 1935 to 1948. The second Londonderry was a Rothesay-class frigate, launched in 1958 and expended as a target in 1989. |
| Dundee | HMS Dundee refers to two ships of the Royal Navy. HMS Dundee of World War I was an armed boarding steamer (i.e. an auxiliary vessel) seconded to military service in October 1915. HMS Dundee was torpedoed, presumably by a German submarine, on 25 August 1916. HMS Dundee (L84) of World War II was a Royal Navy sloop. She was built in Chatham Dockyard in Kent and launched in 1932. HMS Dundee served as an escort for convoys during the Battle of the Atlantic. HMS Dundee of World War I was an armed boarding steamer (i.e. an auxiliary vessel) seconded to military service in October 1915. HMS Dundee was torpedoed, presumably by a German submarine, on 25 August 1916. HMS Dundee (L84) of World War II was a Royal Navy sloop. She was built in Chatham Dockyard in Kent and launched in 1932. HMS Dundee served as an escort for convoys during the Battle of the Atlantic. |
| Durham | In 1863, the 5th-rate frigate, HMS Active, relieved Trincomalee in Sunderland's Hudson Dock, after being towed from Chatham by the paddle steamer, HMS Medusa. Launched in 1845, Active had been in reserve ever since and had never been to sea. Displacing 1,815 tons, she was 197 feet long, with a beam of 46 feet six inches. Renamed HMS Durham in November, 1867, some records show she was briefly called HMS Tyne beforehand. Evidently, the Admiralty had originally planned to name her HMS Northumberland. |
| Edinburgh | Six ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Edinburgh, for the Scottish city of Edinburgh. The first Edinburgh originally the Royal William, a 32 gun 5th rate, was transferred from the Royal Scottish Navy in 1707, lasting only two years before being sunk as breakwater at Harwich. The second Edinburgh, a 70 gun 3rd rate, was renamed from HMS Warspite in 1716, rebuilt twice at Chatham Dockyard in 1721 and 1744, before being broken up in 1771 in Plymouth. The third Edinburgh was a 74 gun third rate, built in 1811. In 1846 the vessel was modified into a screw configuration before being sold in 1865. The fourth Edinburgh, a turret battleship was at first named HMS Majestic, but was renamed two days before being launched in March 1882. The ship was sold in October 1910. The fifth Edinburgh was a Town-class light cruiser. Launched at Swan Hunter in 1939, the ship saw extensive war service before being stuck by a torpedo and then scuttled in the Barents Sea in mid-1942. The sixth and present Edinburgh is a Type 42 destroyer. |
| Ely | NO Royal Navy ship named after this City |
| 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 hulked before being broken up in 1717. The second Exeter was a 60-gun fourth-rate. She was built in 1697 and survived until 1763, making her the longest serving ship to carry the name so far. She was involved in repeated actions against the French, in 1702 off Newfoundland, in 1705 when she captured the frigate Thétis, in 1711 in the Mediterranean and at the Battle of Quiberon Bay, and in 1748 at the Siege of Pondicherry. Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood of Whitley, subsequently an Admiral and an important figure in British Naval history, served briefly on this vessel. The third Exeter was a 64-gun third-rate launched in 1763. She earned Battle Honours in 1782 at Sadras, Providien, Negapatam and Trincomalee. She was burned as unseaworthy in 1784. The fourth Exeter was a York class heavy cruiser launched in 1929. In World War II she fought at the River Plate and the Java Sea, where she was sunk by Japanese heavy cruisers Nachi, Haguro, Ashigara and Myoko. A cancelled Type 82 destroyer was to have borne the name Exeter. The fifth Exeter is a Type 42 destroyer, launched in 1979 and seeing service in the Falklands War in 1982 and in the Gulf War 1991. Like the city of Exeter, with which she maintains close links, the ship bears the motto Semper fidelis |
| Glasgow | Eight ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Glasgow after the city in Scotland. The first Glasgow was originally called Royal Mary and was a 20-gun 6th rate Scottish ship 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 was a 20 gun 6th rate launched in 1757. It chased two Continental Navy frigates near the coast of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, but local authorities gave the ships refuge at Mayagüez Bay and disguised the American ships as Spanish ones and the Glasgow's captain chose not to attack. The ship was burnt out in an accident in 1779 whilst berthed in Montego Bay, Jamaica. The fourth Glasgow was an Endymion-class 40 gun 5th rate launched in 1814 and sold in 1829. The fifth Glasgow was a wooden screw frigate launched at Portsmouth in 1861 and sold in 1884. The sixth Glasgow, launched in 1909, was a Town-class light cruiser. The seventh Glasgow, launched in 1937, was a cruiser of another Town class. The eighth Glasgow was a Type 42 destroyer, and was commissioned in 1979. She was the first warship to enter the South Atlantic Exclusion Zone during the Falklands War in May 1982. She was hit by a bomb on 12 May 1982 which passed through the aft engine room without exploding or causing injury. She was decommissioned in 2005. |
| 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 1706, and broken up in 1731. The third Gloucester was a 60-gun fourth-rate launched in July 1709 and captured by the French in October of the same year. The fourth Gloucester was a 50-gun fourth-rate in service from 1711 to 1724. The fifth Gloucester was a 50-gun fourth-rate launched in 1737 and burned in 1742 to forestall capture. The sixth Gloucester 50-gun fourth-rate in service from 1745 to 1764. The seventh Gloucester was a 10-gun brig launched on Lake Erie in 1807, captured by the Americans in April 1813 and destroyed by the British a few weeks later. The eighth Gloucester was a 74-gun third-rate launched in 1812 and sold 1884. The ninth Gloucester was a Town-class light cruiser in service from 1909 to 1921. The tenth Gloucester was a Town-class cruiser launched in 1937 and sunk off Crete in 1941. The wreck site is a protected place under the Protection of Military Remains Act. A 2,170 ton frigate to be named Gloucester was ordered from Portsmouth Dockyard in 1956 but later cancelled. The eleventh Gloucester is a Type 42 destroyer launched in 1982. |
| Hereford | HMS Hereford Minesweeper sold to Bangladesh |
| Hull | Four ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Kingston. HMS Kingston (1697), battleship HMS Kingston (1858) HMS Kingston (F64) 1939, K-class destroyer HMS Kingston (1995) |
| Inverness | HMS Inverness (M102) was a Sandown-class minehunter of the British Royal Navy. She decommissioned in 2005, and is awaiting transfer to the Estonian Navy |
| Lancaster | 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. |
| Leeds | HMS Leeds (ex-USS Conner, DD-72) transferred at Halfix, Leeds arrived at Devonport and entered a protracted refit which lasted from 17 November 1940 to 2 March 1941. She then joined Rosyth command, in which she served throughout the war escorting East Coast convoys. The ship's movements appears to indicate a horrific amount of time in dockyard hands; closer search shows that in fact it comprised a more or less monthly 'in hand' for defects, just what was needed to keep such an unusual ship running. Finally paid off at Grangemouth on 10 April 1945, Leeds passed to BISCo on 3 march 1947 and arrived at Grays, Essex on 19 January 1949 to be broken up by T W Ward Ltd. |
| Leicester | The HMS Leicester City tried to extinguish the fires and save the ship but the boilers exploded, when the fire subsided enough they tried to tow her towards land in order to beach her but she capsized and sank. The bombing had taken the lives of 4 crewmembers and 2 passengers I had never been so scared in my life as at this moment. |
| Lichfield | Three ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Lichfield. Lichfield, 20, was originally the fireship Patrick captured in 1658 by Parliamentarians from Royalists. It was renamed HMS Happy Entrance in 1665. Lichfield, 48, was a fourth rate launched at Portsmouth in 1694, rebuilt in 1730 and broken up in 1744. Lichfield, 50, was a fourth rate launched at Harwich on 26 June 1746 and wrecked on the north African coast on 28 November 1758. Lichfield Prize, 36, was a fifth rate captrued from France on 29 July 1703 and sold in 1706. |
| Lincoln | Several ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Lincoln HMS Lincoln, a warship active in American waters in 1701 HMS Lincoln, a Town class destroyer received from the US Navy in 1940 and scrapped in 1945. HMS Lincoln, a Salisbury class frigate launched in 1960 and sold to Bangladesh in 1982 |
| Lisburn | NO Royal Navy ship named after this City |
| Liverpool | Eight ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Liverpool after the city of Liverpool: The first Liverpool was a fifth-rate frigate with a modest displacement of 681 tons. She was built in her namesake city and launched on 19 July 1741. A tiny ship in comparison to today's modern frigates, she still had a relatively large crew complement of 250 men and was armed with 40 guns. She served off the coast of Spain, as well as the Mediterranean Station. In September 1756 she was paid off in Woolwich, United Kingdom. The second Liverpool also built in its namesake city, was launched on 10 February 1758. She was a sixth-rate frigate this time with a small displacement of 587 tons and armed with 28 guns. The third Liverpool was a fourth-rate frigate of 1247 tons and armed with 50 guns. She was launched at Woolwich on 21 February 1814. The fourth HMS Liverpool was a third-rate ship of the line of 74 guns, built in 1826. The fifth Liverpool was a fourth-rate screw frigate of 1,195 tons and powered by 600 hp (450 kW) engines. She was 235 ft (72 m) in length and had an armament of eight 64-pounders (29 kg), twenty-six 8 inch (203 mm) guns and four 7-inch (178 mm) guns. She was launched at Devonport on 30 October 1860. The sixth Liverpool was a 4,800-ton light cruiser of the Bristol-class. She was commissioned in October 1910. She served in World War I and she was scrapped in 1921. The seventh Liverpool (11) was a Town-class light cruiser, commissioned in November 1938. She served in World War II and was scrapped in 1958. The eighth, and current Liverpool (D92) is a Type 42 destroyer. She launched on 25 September 1980 by Lady Strathcona, wife of the then Minister of State for Defence. She took part in the Iraq War, known as Operation Telic. She has recently undergone a refit and remains in service as of 2007. |
| London | Sixteen ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS London, after the city of London. The first London was a 40-gun East Indiaman purchased in 1636. The second London was a 64-gun ship launched in 1656 and blown up in an accident 1665. The third London was a 96-gun ship launched in 1666 as Loyal London. This ship was destroyed by fire by the Dutch in the Medway the next year. The fourth London was a 96-gun ship launched in 1670 to replace the previous ship of the same name. She was broken up in 1703. The fifth London was a 100-gun ship launched in 1706 to replace the previous ship of the same name. She was never commissioned and was broken up in 1719. The sixth London was a 100-gun ship launched in 1721 to replace the previous ship of the same name. She was never commissioned and was broken up in1747. The seventh London was a 16-gun brigantine built on Lake Ontario and captured by the French the same year. The eighth London was a 6-gun busse purchased in 1756 and wrecked 1758. The ninth London was a 6-gun busse purchased in 1759 and in the records until 1764. The tenth London was a 90-gun 2nd rate launched in 1766 and broken up 1811. The eleventh London was a 104-gun 1st rate launched in 1828. She was renamed Royal Adelaide and sold in 1905 The twelfth London was a 92-gun 2nd rate launched in 1840, converted to screw propulsion in 1858, and sold 1884. The thirteenth London was a Formidable-class battleship launched in 1899, converted to a minelayer in May 1918, and sold in 1920. The fourteenth London (69) was a County-class heavy cruiser in service from 1927 to 1950. The fifteenth London (D16) was a County-class guided missile destroyer launched in 1961 and transferred to Pakistan in 1982. The sixteenth London (F95) was a Type 22 frigate launched in 1984 and sold to Romania in 2002. |
| Manchester | There have been three Royal Navy warships to bear the name HMS Manchester after the city of Manchester in the north-west of England. The first Manchester was a hired vessel used in the role of a stores ship. The second Manchester was a Town class light cruiser of 9,400 tons commissioned in 1938. She was sunk in 1942. The third and current Manchester is a Type 42 (Batch 3) destroyer commissioned in 1982. She participated in the 1991 Gulf War |
| Newcastle | There have been eight ships that have borne the name HMS Newcastle in the Royal Navy, all serving her nation with distinction. Newcastle's motto is "Fortitudino Vinco" (I conquer through strength), and the current Newcastle is one of the original Type 42 destroyers. The first Newcastle was built in 1653 as a fourth-rate frigate of 54 guns. In 1655, she had her first action when, along with fourteen other warships, she sailed into Porto Farina in Algiers to engage Barbary Pirates. This action resulted in the destruction of the entire pirate fleet, which won the Newcastle lineage its first battle honour. In 1657 she took part in Admiral Blake's daring attack on Santa Cruz de Tenerife. During the Revolution of 1688, the Newcastle, commanded by George Churchill, defected to William of Orange, (later King William III,) along with most of the English navy. In 1703, after many years of skirmishes and battles with such nations as France, the Netherlands and Spain, not to mention the Barbary Pirates, Newcastle came to a tragic end, being sunk, not in battle, but by a storm off Spithead. The second Newcastle was built in 1704 at Sheerness, also as a fourth-rate 54-gun frigate. The following year, she gained the first battle honour of her career at Marbella, attacking French convoys. The rest of her career was mainly spent in the Caribbean and Mediterranean before she was sold in 1746. The third Newcastle was built at Portsmouth in 1750. Her first actions were off Madras (now known as Chennai) during the Seven Years' War assisting the legendary Clive of India in his campaigns in India. She saw numerous skirmishes with the French Navy throughout her relatively short career. She came to an equally cruel end as her predecessor, when, in 1761, she was sunk in a cyclone. The fourth Newcastle was built to fill a requirement for fast frigates to deploy against the Americans during the War of 1812. Though larger and carrying more powerful guns than her predecessors, Newcastle had a far more mundane and inactive career eventually being sold for scrap in Liverpool in 1850. The fifth Newcastle, a screw frigate, meaning she was able to use both sail and steam for propulsion. She was launched in 1860 at Deptford. She had quite a large displacement of 4,020 tonnes and an armament of 31 guns. Her most active duty during her career, was as part of the Flying Squadron of 1874-1877. She spent the rest of her career as a powder hulk in Devonport until 1929 when she was finally broken up. The sixth Newcastle was commissioned in 1910 as a Bristol-class light cruiser of 4,900 tonnes with 2 x 6 inch (152 mm) guns and 10 x 4 inch (102 mm) guns. The Bristol-class were potentially the first true cruiser class to enter the Royal Navy, since previous cruisers had basically been fast or second class battleships. She spent most of her career in the China Station, being involved in operations during the Shanghai Rebellion in 1913. When war broke out in 1914 she bombarded Yap, prior to deploying to Valparaíso to search for the armed merchant raider SMS Prinz Eitel Friedrich. In January 1916, Newcastle captured the German ship Mazatlan. In 1917 was attached to the Colombo Patrol. Her final duty was in South America, patrolling the waters there until World War I came to a close. She was sold in 1921. All of the Bristol Class met a similar fate throughout the 1920s. The seventh Newcastle was a Southampton-class cruiser launched by Her Grace the Duchess of Northumberland. She participated in World War II and the Korean War. She was sold for scrap in 1958. The eighth Newcastle is a Type 42 (Batch 1) destroyer. She has served in many of the Royal Navy's operations, being deployed across the world. The Newcastle was decommissioned on 1 February 2005 and placed into inactive reserve. |
| Newport | Several ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Newport HMS Newport, a 24-gun frigate active in 1704 HMS Newport, a Town class destroyer received from the US Navy in 1940 and scrapped in 1947. |
| Newry | NO Royal Navy ship named after this City |
| Norwich | HMS Enterprize (1718), the fourth ship to bear this name, was originally HMS Norwich of 50 guns, rebuilt and reduced to a fifth-rate of 44 guns in 1744 and in service until 1764. |
| Nottingham | Six ships of the British Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Nottingham, after the city of Nottingham in the East Midlands, or alternatively after Lord High Admiral Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Nottingham, who commanded the English fleet against the Armada in 1588. The first HMS Nottingham (1703-16) was a cruiser that formed part of the fleet that sailed to attack the Rock of Gibraltar in 1704. The second HMS Nottingham (1719-39) was a rebuild of the first. Slightly larger, she was commissioned on 5 October 1719 under Captain Richard Hughes and later formed part of Norris's fleet in the Baltic. This ship never saw action. The third HMS Nottingham (1745-73) was a further rebuild. The work was carried out at Sheerness in 1745. Now 1077 tons, the ship gained 6 battle honours and was probably the most notable of all ships to bear the name. The fourth HMS Nottingham (1796-99) was a 67-ton river barge. Commissioned by the Navy in September 1796, she had been converted into a gunboat by the addition of 2 eighteen pounders and a thirty-two pound carronade. However, this ship never fired a shot in anger. The fifth HMS Nottingham was a Town class cruiser commissioned in 1914. It served in several naval battles in the First World War and was sunk in 1916. The sixth and current HMS Nottingham is a batch two Type 42 Destroyer launched on February 18 1980, and commissioned on 8 April 1983. |
| Oxford | HMS Oxford has been the name of at least one Royal Navy ship, named after the City of Oxford. Oxford - A ship of the Restoration Navy, built in 1674 and broken up for rebuild in 1702. On 23 February 1684 John Tyrrell was appointed to command the ship. |
| Peterborough | Modified Flower Class Corvette Built in Canadian Dockyard |
| Plymouth | Seven ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Plymouth after the port of Plymouth in Devon: The first Plymouth was a 60-gun ship built in 1653 and which foundered in 1705. The second Plymouth was a sheer hulk purchased in 1689 and broken up in 1730. The third Plymouth was a 60-gun fourth-rate launched in 1708 and broken up in 1764. The fourth Plymouth was a 6-gun yacht launched in 1755 and broken up in 1793. The fifth Plymouth was an 8-gun transport launched in 1796 and broken up in 1830. The sixth Plymouth was a yacht, launched in 1814 as Admiralty, renamed in 1830 and sold in 1870. The seventh Plymouth (F126) was a Rothesay-class frigate launched in 1959 and preserved as a museum ship at Birkenhead |
| Portsmouth | 1650: HMS Portsmouth is launched, the first major ship for over 100 years. |
| Preston | HMS Preston (1653) (1st) 40-gun This the first ship to carry the name HMS Preston was a 40-gun, ship. Built by Cary of Woodbridge, launched 1653 and of 516 tons builders measurement. Renamed HMS Antelope 1660. Sold 1693. HMS Preston (1653) (1st) 40-gun This the first ship to carry the name HMS Preston was a 40-gun, ship. Built by Cary of Woodbridge, launched 1653 and of 516 tons builders measurement. Renamed HMS Antelope 1660. Sold 1693. HMS Preston (1653) (1st) 40-gun This the first ship to carry the name HMS Preston was a 40-gun, ship. Built by Cary of Woodbridge, launched 1653 and of 516 tons builders measurement. Renamed HMS Antelope 1660. Sold 1693. |
| Ripon | February 1950 Aircraft Transport |
| Salford | Simon joined the Royal Naval Reserve in 1985 at HMS Palatine, Preston. After junior Officer training and sea time in various ships he specialised in Naval Control of Shipping. Appointments on multi-national exercises in the UK and the Far East followed, and he attended the Reserve Officers Initial Staff Course at the Royal Naval College Greenwich, before transferring to HMS Salford in Manchester in 1992. |
| Salisbury | A number of ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Salisbury after the city of Salisbury in Wiltshire. HMS Salisbury, built in 1698 and captured by France in 1703. She was subsequently recaptured in 1708 and renamed Salisbury Prize, and later renamed Preston in 1716. She was broken up in 1739 for rebuild. HMS Salisbury was a warship built in 1707. HMS Salisbury was a ship of the line built in 1746 and condemned in 1761. HMS Salisbury was a ship of the line, launched in 1769 and wrecked in 1796. HMS Salisbury was another ship of the line, launched in 1814 and sold in 1837. HMS Salisbury was originally the USS Claxton, transferred to the Royal Navy during the Second World War. HMS Salisbury was a Salisbury-class or Type 61 aircraft direction frigate. |
| Sheffield | Three Royal Navy warships have been named HMS Sheffield after the city and county borough of Sheffield, South Yorkshire. Sheffield (1936) - Town class light cruiser which saw service in World War II from the Arctic Circle and the Atlantic to the Mediterranean. She was one of the Royal Navy pursuit ships that chased down the Bismarck. She was broken up in 1967. Sheffield (D80) (1971) - Type 42 destroyer badly damaged by the Argentinians on 4 May 1982 during the Falklands War. Was being towed to South Georgia when she sank in heavy seas. Sheffield (F96) (1986) - Type 22 frigate sold to Chile in 2003 and renamed Almirante Williams. All three ships have carried many fixtures and fittings from Sheffield itself, including a great deal of stainless steel, leading to the nickname that has been applied to them all: the "Shiny Sheff". |
| Southampton | Six Royal Navy ships have borne the name HMS Southampton, named for the great port of Southampton on the south coast of England. The first Southampton was a 48 gun 4th rate launched in 1693. The ship was rebuilt in 1700, hulked in 1728 and finally broken up in 1771. The second Southampton was a 32 gun 5th rate launched in 1757. The ship was wrecked off the Bahamas in 1812. The third Southampton was a 60 gun 4th rate that was launched in 1820. In 1867 the ship was lent to the Hull Committee, finally being sold in 1912. The fourth Southampton was a Town-class light cruiser launched in 1912 and sold in 1927. She fought at the battle of Jutland. The fifth Southampton, was a Town-class cruiser. The ship was launched in 1936 and saw heavy service in World War II, sucumbing to bombs off Crete jan 11th 1941. The sixth and current Southampton is a Type 42 destroyer |
| St. Albans | There have been six vessels of the Royal Navy bearing the name St Albans. The first HMS St Albans was built in 1687. A 50 gun ship of the line, she fought at Barfleur in 1691 before being wrecked in a gale in Kinsale harbour in 1693. The second HMS St Albans was commissioned in 1706. Another 50 gun warship, she served in the war against Spain from 1739, mainly in the West Indies. She was wrecked in Kingston during a hurricane in 1744. The third HMS St Albans was commissioned in 1747. Another fourth-rate ship of the line, she had 60 guns. She served against the French from 1756 and participated in the Battle of Lagos (1759) before being paid off. The fourth HMS St Albans served in the American War of Independence from 1777 and was part of the fleet that captured St Lucia and won victories at Battle of St. Kitts and The Saintes. The fifth HMS St Albans was the 1918 American destroyer USS Thomas, transferred to Britain in late 1940 as part of the Destroyers for Bases Agreement. Used for escort duties she was transferred to the Russians in July 1944 before being returned in April 1949 when she was scrapped. The current HMS St Albans is a Type 23 Duke class frigate, pennant number F83. Launched on May 6, 2000 at Scotstoun (River Clyde, Glasgow, Scotland), she is the 16th frigate of her class and was commissioned in June 2002. Since it was launched, she has served in the Gulf and helped with the evacuation of British citizens from Lebanon. In July 2004 the crew were granted "Freedom of the City" by the Mayor of St Albans. |
| St. Davids | HMS St David was a 54-gun fourth rate ship of the line of the English Royal Navy, launched in 1667 at Lydney. She foundered in 1690 and was lost. HMS Crichton was launched on the 17th March 1953 and started life as HMS Clyde and then HMS St David before assuming her final name in 1977 on joining the Fishery Protection Squadron. |
| Stirling | A number of ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Stirling Castle after Stirling Castle in Scotland, including: Stirling Castle, a 70-gun third rate, built c. 1679, and lost off Ramsgate in Kent in 1703. Stirling Castle a 70-gun ship built in 1742 and lost in 1762. Stirling Castle, 74 guns, launched Rochester 1811, hulked 1839. Stirling Castle, launched in 1900, auxiliary patrol paddler, sunk in the Mediterranean, 1916. |
| Stoke | HMS Stoke (ex-Southwold) - built by Charles Rennoldson, launched June 1918, bombed and sunk by German aircraft off Tobruk May 7, 1941 |
| Sunderland | Although three warships have carried the name HMS Sunderland, the first two were actually named after an individual, rather than the place. |
| Swansea | A photograph shows the H.M.S. Swansea in the Atlantic during September 1944. |
| Truro | HMS Truro was a Hunt class minesweeper of the Royal Navy from World War I. |
| Wakefield | HMS Wakefield which visited Heard Island in the Antarctic in April 1910. |
| Wells | Commissioned in the Royal Navy as HMS Wells (I.95) on 5 December 1940, the destroyer suffered damage on the 9th in a collision with sister ship HMS Newmarket (G.47), the former USS Robinson (DD-88). |
| Westminster | Two ships of the United Kingdom's Royal Navy have been named HMS Westminster after the city of Westminster or the Duke of Westminster. HMS Westminster (L40), launched in 1918, was a W class destroyer. She served in World War II as a convoy escort. HMS Westminster (F237), launched in 1992, is a Type 23 frigate. |
| Winchester | Mount Edgcumbe, a privately run philanthropic industrial training ship for destitute children that accepted boys from age eleven upwards. Mount Edgcumbe was originally HMS Winchester and she arrived at Devonport in 1876. |
| Wolverhampton | NO Royal Navy ship named after this City |
| Worcester | A number of ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name Worcester. Among them: HMS Worcester a 48 gun ship, built c. 1651 and renamed Dunkirk in 1660. HMS Worcester a 50 gun ship, burnt in 1653. HMS Worcester built in 1698 and broken up in 1713 for rebuild. HMS Worcester a 60 gun ship, built in 1735 and broken up in 1765. HMS Worcester (1769 - 1788), a third-rate of 1,380 tons. HMS Worcester (1843 - ). A 1,473 ton, 50 gun two-decker ship of the line, which in 1862 became the school ship of the Thames Nautical Training College. The future Japanese Admiral Togo Heihachiro was a cadet on it. HMS Frederick William (1833 - 1947), renamed HMS Worcester in 1876 to replace the first Worcester as school ship for the Thames Nautical Training College. 4,725 tons, two-decked. The Exmouth (1905 - 1970?) was renamed HMS Worcester in 1946 to replace the second Worcester school ship. She had been built in steel with the intended purpose to serve as a school ship, and had previously served as an accommodation ship for the Royal Navy at Scapa Flow. The destroyer HMS Worcester D96 (1922 - 1945). A 1,120 ton destroyer, launched on 24 October 1919, commissioned on September 1922, speed 34 knots. She helped evacuate the British Expeditionary Corps at Dunkirk. After hitting a mine on 23 December 1943, she was deemed damaged beyond repair and used as a hulk until scrapped in 1945 [1] |
| York | Several ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS York after the city of York, the county seat of Yorkshire, on the River Ouse. York, built in 1654 as Marston Moor, was a 54-gun ship of the line. She was renamed York upon the Restoration in 1660. She ran aground and was wrecked in 1703. York, built in 1706, was a 60-gun fourth-rate sunk in 1751 at Sheerness as a breakwater. York, launched in 1753, was another 60-gun fourth-rate, broken up in 1772. York, originally Betsy, was a sloop-of-war purchased in 1777 in North America. In 1778, she was captured by the French, but then recaptured. York was a storeship purchased in 1779 in the West Indies, only to be sold again in 1781. York, intended to be the East Indiaman Royal Admiral, was purchased on the stocks in 1796 and converted to a 74-gun third-rate. She disappeared without trace in the North Sea in 1804. York, launched in 1807, was again a 74-gun third-rate. Converted to a convict ship in 1819, she was broken up in 1854. York was an armed boarding steamer requisitioned from 1915-1919. She served in World War I. York (90), launched in 1928, was a York class cruiser. She served in World War II and was sunk in Suda Bay, Crete by Italian torpedo boats. York (D98), launched 1982, is a Type 42 destroyer serving as of 2004 with the Third Destroyer Squadron at Portsmouth |