HMS Rochester

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Four ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Rochester, after the town of Rochester on the River Medway:

  • {{HMS|Rochester|1693}} was a 48-gun fourth rate launched in 1693. She was rebuilt in 1715, and again as a hospital ship in 1744. She was renamed HMS Maidstone after the second rebuild and was broken up in 1748.
  • {{HMS|Rochester|1749}} was a 50-gun fourth rate launched in 1749 and sold in 1770.
  • HMS Rochester was a prison ship, launched in 1749 as the 74-gun third rate {{HMS|Hero|1759|6}}. She became a prison ship in 1793, was renamed HMS Rochester in 1800 and was broken up in 1810.
  • {{HMS|Rochester|L50}} was a {{sclass|Shoreham|sloop|0}} sloop launched in 1931 and sold in 1951.

See also

  • {{HMS|Rochester Prize}}

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