HMS King Alfred

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One ship and two shore establishments of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS King Alfred, after Alfred the Great:

Ships

  • {{HMS|King Alfred|1901|6}} was a {{sclass|Drake|cruiser|0}} armoured cruiser launched in 1901 and sold in 1920.

Shore establishments

  • {{HMS|King Alfred|1939 shore establishment}} was a training establishment at Hove and later at Exbury. It was commissioned at Hove in 1939, moved to Exbury in January 1946 and paid off in August that year, reopening as {{HMS|Hawke|shore establishment|6}}.
  • HMS King Alfred II was a branch of the main King Alfred between 1940 and 1944, being renamed HMS King Alfred (M) in 1943.
  • HMS King Alfred II was the Hove base from January 1946 after the main base had moved to Exbury, until being paid off in June 1946.
  • {{HMS|King Alfred|1994 shore establishment}} is the Portsmouth division of the Royal Naval Reserve, commissioned in 1994.

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Category:Royal Navy ship names