HMS Medway

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Eleven ships and a shore establishment of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Medway, after the River Medway.

  • {{HMS|Medway|1693}}, a 60-gun fourth rate launched in 1693, rebuilt in 1718 and hulked in 1740. She was beached in 1748 and a sheer hulk and was broken up in 1749.
  • {{HMS|Medway|1742}}, a 60-gun fourth rate launched in 1742 and scuttled in 1748.
  • {{HMS|Medway|1755}}, a 60-gun fourth rate launched in 1755. She was used as a receiving ship after 1787, and was renamed HMS Arundel in 1802. She was broken up in 1811.
  • {{HMS|Medway|1756}}, a 6-gun storeship purchased in 1756. She was used as a dockyard craft in 1760 and was sold in 1764.
  • {{HMS|Medway|1812}}, a 74-gun third rate launched in 1812. She was used as a convict ship after 1847, and was sold in 1865.
  • {{HMS|Medway|1876}}, an iron-hulled screw gunboat launched in 1876 and sold in 1904.
  • {{HMS|Medway|1916}}, an {{sclass2|M|destroyer (1913)|0}} destroyer, originally to have been named HMS Redwing. This was changed to Medora in 1915, and then Medway before her launch in 1916. She was sold in 1921.
  • {{HMS|Medway|F25}}, a submarine depot ship launched in 1928 and sunk by {{GS|U-372||2}} in 1942.
  • {{HMS|Medway|shore establishment}}, were submarine base shore establishments in the Mediterranean, listed between 1942 and 1946. A number of ships were renamed HMS Medway II whilst serving as depot ships for the establishment, including:
  • HMS Talbot, previously {{HMS|M29}} was Medway II between 1944 and 1945.
  • {{HMS|Bagshot}} was Medway II between 1945 and 1946.
  • HMS Medway was the former Landing craft tank {{HMS|LCT 1109}}. She was HMS Medway between 1959 and 1970 whilst serving as a submarine depot ship.
  • {{HMS|Medway|P223}} is a {{sclass2|River|patrol vessel}}, she entered service in March 2019.

See also

  • {{HMS|Medway Prize}}
  • {{HMS|Medway Queen}}

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Category:Royal Navy ship names