HMS London

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Thirteen ships of the Royal Navy have been named London, after the city of London:

  • {{ship|English ship|London|1636}} was a 40-gun East Indiaman purchased in 1636 and listed until 1653
  • {{ship|English ship|London|1656}} was a 64-gun second-rate ship launched in 1656 and blown up in an accident in 1665
  • {{HMS|Loyal London|1666}} was a 96-gun second-rate ship launched in 1666: she was partly destroyed by fire by the Dutch in the Medway in 1667, but the remains were rebuilt becoming the next HMS London
  • {{HMS|London|1670}} was a 96-gun first-rate ship launched in 1670 to replace the previous ship of the same name: rebuilt in 1706 and 1721, and was broken up in 1747
  • {{HMS|London|1756 brig}} was a 16-gun brig launched in 1756 on Lake Ontario and captured by the French the same year
  • {{HMS|London|1756 busse}} was a 6-gun Herring buss (formerly the civilian fisheries vessel Holden), purchased in 1756 from the Society for the Free British Fishery and burnt to avoid capture in 1758
  • {{HMS|London|1759}} was a 6-gun busse purchased in 1759 and in the records until 1764
  • {{HMS|London|1766}} was a 90-gun second rate, launched in 1766 and broken up in 1811
  • HMS London was to have been a 104-gun first rate: she was renamed {{HMS|Royal Adelaide|1828|6}} in 1827, launched in 1828, and sold in 1905
  • {{HMS|London|1840}} was a 92-gun second rate launched in 1840: converted to screw propulsion in 1858 and rearmed to 72 guns, became a harbour storeship in 1874, was re-commissioned in 1878 and sold in 1884
  • {{HMS|London|1899}} was the lead ship of the {{sclass|London|battleship}}s launched in 1899, converted to a minelayer in 1918 and sold in 1920
  • {{HMS|London|69}} was a {{sclass2|County|cruiser|0}} heavy cruiser launched in 1927 and sold in 1950
  • {{HMS|London|D16}} was a {{sclass2|County|destroyer|0}} guided missile destroyer launched in 1961 and transferred to Pakistan in 1982, where she was renamed Babur
  • {{HMS|London|F95}} was a Type 22 frigate launched in 1984, sold to Romania in 2002 and renamed Regina Maria
  • {{HMS|London|Type 26 frigate}} will be the name of one of the eight Type 26 frigates{{cite news |title=Theresa May: UK open to 'different' Russia relationship |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/nov/11/theresa-may-uk-open-to-different-russia-relationship-sergei-skripal |access-date=12 November 2018 |work=The Guardian |date=11 November 2018}}{{cite news |title=PM speech to the Lord Mayor's Banquet: 12 November 2018 |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/pm-speech-to-the-lord-mayors-banquet-12-november-2018 |access-date=13 November 2018 |work=gov.uk |date=12 November 2018}}

Battle honours

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See also

  • {{HMS|Londonderry}}
  • HM Hired armed ship {{ship|Hired armed ship|London Packet||2}}
  • {{ship||London|ship}}

Citations

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References

  • {{Cite Colledge2006}}
  • {{cite book|last1=Manning|first1=T. D.|last2=Walker|first2=C. F.|title=British Warship Names|year=1959|publisher=Putnam|location=London}}

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