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HMS Shoreham
List of ships with the same or similar names From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Five ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Shoreham after the port town of Shoreham-by-Sea in Sussex:
- HMS Shoreham (1694) was a 32-gun fifth rate launched in 1694. She was rebuilt as a 20-gun sixth rate in 1720, and was sold in 1744.
- HMS Shoreham (1744) was a 24-gun sixth rate launched in 1744 and sold in 1758.
- HMS Shoreham was to have been a Hunt-class minesweeper, but she was renamed whilst under construction and launched as HMS Salford in 1919.
- HMS Shoreham (L32) was a Shoreham-class sloop launched in 1930. She was sold into mercantile service in 1946 and renamed Jorge Fel Joven. She was broken up in 1950.
- HMS Shoreham (M112) is a Sandown-class minehunter, she was launched in 2001 and is currently in service.
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See also
- HMS Shoreham Prize
References
- Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.
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