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Wolverhampton is The Largest City in the UK never to have had one of Her Majesty's Ships named after it.
Of the current 66 British Cities only 5 have never had a Royal navy ship named after them. They are the Northern Irish Cities of Armagh, Lisburn and Newry, the cathedral city of Ely and Wolverhampton (See the table below)
|
City |
Population |
HMS Ship named after |
1 |
London |
7,172,091 |
Yes |
2 |
Birmingham |
970,892 |
Yes |
3 |
Glasgow |
629,501 |
Yes |
4 |
Liverpool |
469,017 |
Yes |
5 |
Leeds |
443,247 |
Yes |
6 |
Sheffield |
439,866 |
Yes |
7 |
Edinburgh |
430,082 |
Yes |
8 |
Bristol |
420,556 |
Yes |
9 |
Manchester |
394,269 |
Yes |
10 |
Leicester |
330,574 |
Yes |
11 |
Coventry |
303,475 |
Yes |
12 |
Hull |
301,416 |
Yes |
13 |
Bradford |
293,717 |
Yes |
14 |
Cardiff |
292,150 |
Yes |
15 |
Belfast |
276,459 |
Yes |
16 |
Stoke |
259,252 |
Yes |
17 |
Wolverhampton |
251,462 |
NO |
18 |
Nottingham |
249,584 |
Yes |
19 |
Plymouth |
243,795 |
Yes |
20 |
Southampton |
234,224 |
Yes |
21 |
Derby |
229,407 |
Yes |
22 |
Brighton and Hove |
206,628 |
Yes |
23 |
Newcastle |
189,863 |
Yes |
24 |
Portsmouth |
187,056 |
Yes |
25 |
Preston |
184,836 |
Yes |
26 |
Aberdeen |
184,788 |
Yes |
27 |
Westminster |
181,766 |
Yes |
28 |
Sunderland |
177,739 |
Yes |
29 |
Norwich |
174,047 |
Yes |
30 |
Swansea |
169,880 |
Yes |
31 |
Dundee |
154,674 |
Yes |
32 |
Oxford |
143,016 |
Yes |
33 |
York |
137,505 |
Yes |
34 |
Peterborough |
136,292 |
Yes |
35 |
Gloucester |
123,205 |
Yes |
36 |
Newport |
116,143 |
Yes |
37 |
Cambridge |
113,442 |
Yes |
38 |
Exeter |
106,772 |
Yes |
39 |
Worcester |
94,029 |
Yes |
40 |
Bath |
90,144 |
Yes |
41 |
Lincoln |
85,963 |
Yes |
42 |
Derry |
83,699 |
Yes |
43 |
St. Albans |
82,429 |
Yes |
44 |
Chester |
80,121 |
Yes |
45 |
Wakefield |
76,886 |
Yes |
46 |
Salford |
72,750 |
Yes |
47 |
Carlisle |
71,773 |
Yes |
48 |
Lisburn |
71,465 |
NO |
49 |
Hereford |
56,373 |
Yes |
50 |
Lancaster |
45,952 |
Yes |
51 |
Canterbury |
43,552 |
Yes |
52 |
Salisbury |
43,355 |
Yes |
53 |
Durham |
42,939 |
Yes |
54 |
Winchester |
41,420 |
Yes |
55 |
Inverness |
40,949 |
Yes |
56 |
Stirling |
32,673 |
Yes |
57 |
Lichfield |
28,435 |
Yes |
58 |
Chichester |
27,477 |
Yes |
59 |
Newry |
27,433 |
NO |
60 |
Truro |
20,920 |
Yes |
61 |
Ripon |
16,468 |
Yes |
62 |
Bangor |
15,280 |
Yes |
63 |
Armagh |
14,590 |
NO |
64 |
Ely |
13,954 |
NO |
65 |
Wells |
10,406 |
Yes |
66 |
St. Davids |
1,383 |
Yes |
Notes
The table has been compiled using the 2001 Census publications Key Statistics for urban areas in England and Wales Table KS01 ( released 17 June 2004), Key Statistics for Settlements and Localities Scotland Table KS01 (released 25 March 2003) and Northern Ireland Census 2001 Key Statistics for Settlements Table KS01 (released 10 February 2005). The names and populations of all urban areas and urban sub-divisions recognised as towns with city status were extracted and included in the list.
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