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HMS Wellington
List of ships with the same or similar names From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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At least three ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Wellington:
- The French brig Oreste was renamed HMS Wellington after her capture in 1810 but never commissioned and was broken up in 1812.
- HMS Wellington (1816) was a 74-gun ship launched in 1816 and renamed HMS Akbar in 1862.
- HMS Wellington (U65) was a Grimsby-class sloop, launched in 1934. After World War II she was converted to the "Head Quarters Ship" HQS Wellington at Chatham Dockyard and moored at Victoria Embankment, London. Until 2023 she was the floating livery hall of the Honourable Company of Master Mariners.
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See also
- HMNZS Wellington (P55)
- HMS Duke of Wellington, at least two ships
- HMS Iron Duke
This article includes a list of ships with the same or similar names. If an internal link for a specific ship led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended ship article, if one exists.
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